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Mr Phil Pike, of Gisborne, accompanied by his son. Mr N. H Pike, was on a visit to Pahiatua to-day A New York cable states that Alexander Peacock, of Dunfermline, a protege of Carnegie, lias died worth twenty million dollars. He was 65 years of age. A Rugby wireless states that Sir George Wills, former chairman of the Imperial Tobacco Company, died last Thursday night, aged 74. Ho belonged to the family of millionaires, of whom since his father died nineteen years ago, leaving a fortune ot over £6,000.000, three members have died and each of them has loft over £!.- 000.00'.* In the aggregate their fortunes totalled about £26,000,000.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10888, 16 July 1928, Page 4
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