WEALTHY MISER'S HOARD.
HELPED BY NEIGHBOURS. LONDON. Nov. 3 ': How ■' Mrs. Hopper, a miserly widow aged 81, and her daughter, had live in a. state of penury at Hexham fc many years, although < worth seven thousands of pounds, was told in tl Probate Court to-day. It was stated that neighbours gat the pair food, clothes, and financial hel] The Hoppers kept a small joint accoui in the local bank, whose eympathct manager was unaware -that they ke] large deposits aat r the ' rival _ bank aero the street;.. '.; »-ij' v " 7 , The ! daughter - died J . first, and le everything to her mother, who. wh< dying in 1922 astounded a solicitor 1 drawing up a will leaving £5000 to t Society for the "Premention of Cruel to Animals, . £1000 to the Salvati. Army, £500 to the Society for the Pi vention of Cruelty to Children, .and t residue ■of her estate to '. the sympathei bank manager. - .-,<.-.: {- av Twelve distant descendants', who h not seen the widow for periods -: rajigi from 14 to 30 years, are applying to t Court for a revocation of probate on t ground that v the widow was of unsou; mind. ;'"/,-'-; - K ..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18556, 14 November 1923, Page 9
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194WEALTHY MISER'S HOARD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18556, 14 November 1923, Page 9
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