CANCER RESEARCH
A HANDSOME BEQUEST. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, July 13. William Henry Travis, formerly a tanner of Christchurch has bequeathed from his income a sum approximating £40,000 to assist scientific investigations in New Zealand into cancer and tuberculosis. The will was filed for probate to-day. Private bequests to relatives and employees totalled £BB5O and the testator directed that the income of residueing trust property should be applied to assisting individuals who proved themselves capable in the prasecution' of scientific investigations in New Zealand which might result in the discovery of remedies or cures for and in the resisting and eradicating of cancer and consumption. Practically a free hand is left to the trustees as to how the income shall be used towards this object. The testator does not specify that the money shall be used for scholarships only but rather that the funds be provided to help advanced students or practitioners undertaking research work.
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Southland Times, Issue 20229, 14 July 1927, Page 5
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156CANCER RESEARCH Southland Times, Issue 20229, 14 July 1927, Page 5
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