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BABY GIRL’S BIRTH A ROMANCE OF RICHES SYDNEY, April 3. A romance 'of riches was woven by the Rates about a little Australian who was born to-day. The little Australian is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Anthony Hordern, of Retford Hall, Darling Point., and Milton Hall, Bowral. Mrs Hordern was formerly Miss Mary Builmore, youngest daughter of Dr. Builmore, of Darling Point. Following so closely the birth last week of a son to Mr and Airs Warwick Fairfax and heir to the Fairfax riches, the arrival of the newest baby heiress excites the interest of all who love a tale of romance, bo it romance of tlie heart or that more material romance of riches. The romance of riches in the case if Air and Airs Anthony Hordern’s child hinged on the decision of the gods whether the child should be son or daughter. For, on that circumstance, depended the date of the division of the capital of the estate of the late Samuel Hordern, senior. ESTATE PROBLEAI The beneficiaries under the late Samuel Hordern’s will, after certain annuities, were his three sons, Sir Samuel Hordern and Ale.srs. Eob'icus and Anthonv Hordern.
A provision of the will is that the corpus of the estate cannot be divided until the youngest son of any of these three is 21 years of age. That was the reason why much depended on the sex of the child born to-day. If it had been a son, the date of the division of the corpus of Samuel Hordern’s estate would have been 21 years from to-day.
But the. little stranger is a daughter, and the important date is still fixed by the ages of the grandsons of the late Samuel Hordern, senior. That date will arrive within a few years. 'The late Air Lobbeus Hordern left one son, who is in his twenties. Sir Samuel llordcrn has a son also in his twenties; and Air Anthony Hordern’s son of his former marriage, the youngest of the three, is now about 18 years of age. Thus does the allocation of fortune depend u'pon the decision of the fates; and the sex of a new baby determine the duty of executors.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18068, 20 April 1933, Page 7
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