TWO VALUABLE ESTATES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22709, 23 October 1935, Page 10

TWO VALUABLE ESTATES

MESSRS KNIGHT AND CONNOLLY (Per United Pkesw Association) CHRISTCHURCH, October 22. The estate of Mr H. A. Knight, sheep farmer and racehorse owner, of "Racecourse Hill " station, was sworn for probate at less than £160,000. The estate of Mr Jeremiah Connolly, formerly M.P. for Mid-Canterbury, was sworn at loss than £72,000. In both wills the bequcnts were nearly all of a private nature. Special reference to his racing stud is made in Mr Knight's will, and he leaves £IOOO to F. D. Jones, his trainer over a long period. Mr Knight also directs that Mr" Jones be consulted about the disposal of the stud. He left his horse Limerick to his daughter, Mrs Gladys Woodhouse, together with £SO for his keep and for a rough memorial stone to mark Limerick's grave. He left £SOO to the Anglican Church Property Trustees, the interest to be used to augment the stipend of the Vicar of Darfield. No details are divulged about Mr Connolly's will except that all the bequests are of a private nature. Probate was granted on both wills by Mr Justice Northcroft.