LATE MR RUTHERFORD.
TERMS OF HIS WILL.
CHRISTCHURCH December 17. i The will of the late Mr Andrew W. ■Rutherford, ex-M.P., of Mendip Hills, which has been proved for probate, is dated June 29, 1917* It contains a. list of some 10 legacies to relatives, but most of these are revoked by a codicil dated September 18, 1917. Under the will and the codicil, as far as the former is confirmed by the latter, the testator's wife (Mrs Emily Rutherford) is given all the household furniture, china, glass, trinkets, etc., at the homestead at Mendip Hills. The house at Mendip Hills and the outbuildings, with 20 acres of land, are left in trust to her during her life, and after her death, they will be held in trust absolutely for the testator's son (Norman Rutherford, a junior). The sum of £SOOO is given to Isabel Scott Robinson (the testator s daughter). The trustees are instructed to realise from the residue of the estate sufficient to pay certain expenses and the legacies, and to hold the remainder in trust absolutely for Norman Rutherford.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3380, 25 December 1918, Page 49
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