KINDNESS REWARDED
A WOAIAN’S VAST BEQUEST. HUSBAND IGNORED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyriff'-t LONDON, May 25. Mr Hardy Zeitun, a retired army officer, receives' £3,000,000 under the will of Mrs Julia Davies, an American, “in token of his affectionate care and protection of myself.” Air Zeitun met Mrs Davies in Rome in January, 1922. She was ill, and he secured her the best of care and advice. On her return to England he was appointed her secretary. She returned to America, where she died in December. Mr Zeitun became first acquainted with his luck when he inquired whether money, which was owing as wages earned by him during his secretaryship, could be recovered from the estate. The will stipulated that Mrs Davies s husband should have no, claim on her estate. He is contesting the will ;n the American courts.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18873, 28 May 1923, Page 7
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