THE HORDERN ESTATE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21471, 20 April 1933, Page 10

THE HORDERN ESTATE

DISPOSAL OF RICHES NEW BABY'S IMPORTANCE [from our own correspondent] SYDNEY, April 13 A romance of riches was woven by the Fates around a little Australian who was born in Sydney last week. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Hordern. Mrs. Hordern was formerly Miss Mary Bullmore, youngest daughter of a woll-known doctor, of Darling Point, Sydney. The new arrival excited great interest among all those who love a tale of romance, be it romanco of the heart, or the more material romance of riches. The romance of riches in the case of this particular baby hinged on the decision of the gods whether the child should be a. sou or a daughter. For, on this circumstance depended the division of the capital of the estate of the late Samuel Hordern, senior. The beneficiaries under the late Samuel Hordern's will, after the payments of certain annuities, were his three sons, Sir Samuel Hordern and Messrs. Lebbeus and Anthony Hordern. A provision of the will is that the corpus of the estato cannot bo divided until the youngest son of any of the threo is 21 years of age. That was tlio reason why so much depended on the sex of the child born on Monday. If it had been a son the dato of tlio division of the corpus of Mr. Samuel Hordern's estato would have been postponed fojr 21 years. But the little stranger is a daughter, and the important date is still fixed by the ages of tho grandsons of the late Samuel Hordern, senior. The date will bo reached within the' next few years. Tho late Mr. Lebbous Hordern left one son who is in the twenties. Sir Samuel Hordern also has a son who is in the twenties; and Mr. Anthony'h son of his former marriago, the youngest of tho three, is now 18 years of ago.