A STRANGE WILL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3502, 26 June 1884, Page 2

A STRANGE WILL.

Some time ago Captain Johnston of Raglan, Auckland, a relative of the late Colonel Speedy, committed suicide. Probate is now being asked for his will of which the following is a copy : —“ I, John Campbell Johnston, do hereby make this last will and testimony, revoking all others. I bequeath my soul to the Great Creator, who sits throned with the care of millions of worlds, w'hich I believe He governs by fixed laws. Through His infinite mercy I hope for progressive happiness after this life which is possibly punishment for ‘ sins

done in this world.-’ 1 bequeath my body I to the fire. I believe burning the dead to be classical, cleanly, and with respect to the living for sanitary and other reasons the best mode of disposing of the dead. I request that my family do not go into mourning for me. My wife, Emilia Johnston, is provided for by marriage settlement to an extent ! am not in a position to increase. I bequeath all my property real and personal, of which I may die possessed of in equal shares to my children [Names.] I desire my sons to strive against the abominable injustice of swindlers calling themselve the Government of New Zealand, who, for the purpose of enriching themselves, have , borrowed millions from the people of England, whom I have repeatedly warned through the Press of England that they will lose their money. The rising generation of New Zealand is not answerable for debts thus contracted by English adventurers. They neither borrowed nor benefited by this money, but ou the contrary, it is the cause of our now suffering increased taxation on the necessaries of life. I desire my sons to expect the day when it will be their duty to resist the repayment of this money, of which the other island has had the lion’s share of plunder.”