BROTHERS ESTATES
DEATH DUTIES OF £250,000 SYDNEY. Dec. 5 By the death of two bachelor brothers, Victor and Francis Futter, within three months of each other, the Federal and State Governments receive by way of death duties a windfall of £250,000. The brothers accumulated considerable wealth as graziers in southern New South, W,ales. They left wills bequeathing their money and property to each other, or in the event of the other's prior death, to a married sister. Victor, who died in July, aged 58, left an estate of £298,000. Francis died in October, aged 61, and left £454,000. The sister now inherits both fortunes. I [ " "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24141, 6 December 1941, Page 12
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