LATE SIR HENRY BRETT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19563, 16 February 1927, Page 12

LATE SIR HENRY BRETT.

LARGE NUMBER OF BEQUESTS. ESTATE PLACED AT £350,000. MANY INSTITUTIONS BENEFIT, Charitable bequests totalling £9350 havo been made in the will of the late Sir Henry Brett, which has been lodged for probate. ■ The value of the estate has been announced at about £350,000 by the executors, Mr. A. R. Brett and the Guardian Trust and Executors Company of New Zealand. Various institutions, which during the lifetime of Sir Henry had reason to thank him for his philanthropy, were not forgotten, and have benefited by his will. The bequests are as follow: Church of England Orphans Home, Papatoetoe . •» •• Jubilee Institute for the Blind, Parnell .. -• • • • - 1000 Order of the Good Shepherd, Grey Street .'.i •• •• Children's Home, Richmond Road wo St. Marv's Home, Otahuhu « £OO Girls' Friendly Society • • gw Central Fund, Diocese of Auckland 500 Diocesan Pension Board for Cotteral Fund " .. •• wo Widows' and, Orphans' Fund, * Diocese of Auckland ,-.w i-»i Veterans' Home, Epsom .. i-:< Leslie Presbyterian Orphanage -.. 400 Methodist Orphanage, Mt. Albert 400 Society for the Protection of Women and Children .. • • •• -00 St. John Ambulance Association >• 100 Knox Home for Incurables ... 200 Ladies' Benevolent Society •.. 200 Auckland Plunket Society . * 200 St. Petex-'s Anglican Church, Takapuna 200 Salvation Army .. t.w 500 Auckland Choral Society t .-.i km 250 Royal Male Choir .< w: t.*« 100 Bohemian Orchestra •. .■ r*» 100 Auckland Horticultural Society f .-.s 200 Auckland Cricket Association K .i 400 Auckland, Typographical Assn. • ...i 100 Auckland Sailors' Home . 100 Watersiders' Union for Band Fund 100 Mission to Seamen, port of Auckland b>;.} (..; " ;.• 150 Total [»w f»-.; i<(.) f.T £8650 In addition, there were two personal bequests, one to Archbishop Averill and one to the Rev. W. G. Monckton, which bring the total amount to £9350. Members of his staff were also kept in Sir Henry's memory, for 18 old employees of the Auckland Star have been left bequests totalling £4300. Ho also remembered in his will all those members of the staff who have been in the employ of the firm for over 30 years. Bequests to his private employees at his residence at Takapuna are also included, and in addition there are legacies to friends in Auckland, and relatives in England and Canada. The residue of the estate is divided among the late Sir Henry's sons, daughters and grandchildren. A largo holding of Government bonds is available for the payment of death duties. Tribute to the memory of Sir Henry Brett was paid at the meeting of the Auckland Hospital Board last evening, when reference was made to his interest in the Auckland Hospital. A motion of condolence with Lady Brett and the family in their loss was carried, members standing in silence.