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IMPORTANT WILL CASE. JUDGMENT DELIVERED. MELBOURNE, May 23. (Received May 24, at 0.15 a.m.) The High Court has delivered judgment in an important will case relating to a gift of shares as the nucleus of the establishment of a Roman Cathouc daily newspaper. The testator was Patrick Lawlor, who died in Rome in 1932, leaving estate worth £IOB,OOO. The court upheld the decision of the State Full Court that the testator's gift of shares for a newspaper was not a valid gifr for charitable purposes.
The court also held that the grant r>f one-half of the balance of Lawlor's estate to the Roman Catholic hierarchy was invalid.
SYDNEY CORPORATION ACT.
DRASTIC CHANGES TO BE MADE
MELBOURNE, May 23. (Deceived May 24. at 0.30 a.m.) The Government has decided to make drastic changes in the Sydney Corporation Act to prevent a recurrence of the scandals which occurred in the City Council's administration a few years ago. The election in December will be held under the preferential voting system and the lodger vote enacted by the former Labour Government will be eliminated. The Lord Mayor will also be appointed by a preferential secret ballot. The council's accounts will be examined by a Government auditor instead of an outside official.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22270, 24 May 1934, Page 9
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