SHEEP STATIONS BEQUEATHED
FOR C HILDREN'S HOME Christchurch, July 27. Birch Hill Station, of 2020 acres, and the testator’s Okuku property of 10,126 acres, with the buildings and stock, have been bequeathed to the New Zealand Sunlight League by Mr Edward Bowler Milton, well-known sheepfarmer, near Rangiora, for the establishment of the Ford Milton Me. morial Home for Children, (he home being dedicated to the pioneer families. The will pays a tribute to the enterprise, endurance and fortitude of the pioneers and bequeaths one of New Zealand’s first sheep' stations for a home for the open air and sunshine treatment of children and to encourage them to accept a simple country life and industry as the happiest means of livelihood. The properties pass to the league on the death of Mrs Milton.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 28 July 1942, Page 4
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