WILL OF AUCKLAND MAN

Southland Times, Issue 23331, 15 October 1937, Page 7

WILL OF AUCKLAND MAN

BEQUESTS TO RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, October 14. Generous bequests to four Auckland religious organizations and to several English hospitals are made under the will of the late Mr Ronald Edwin Prodgers, of Blockhouse Bay, who died on September 23. The net residue of the estate, of which the Public Trustee is executor, is estimated at £25.000 After the payment of legacies and death duties, the will stipulates that one third of the residue is to be divided equally among the following eight institutions, each of which is to receive an income on its share of tire estate. They will each receive the equivalent of the annual interest on approximately £lOOO in the meantime. The beneficiaries are: Church of England orphan home, Papatoetoe, for general purposes. Auckland City Mission, for general purposes. Sister Esther benevolent fund of the Presbyterian Church, Auckland, for work among the poor and needy. Vicar and church wardens of St. Saviour’s church, Blockhouse Bay, for the building fund of the church. Lock hospital, Harrow road London, for general purposes. St. Mark's hospital, City road, London, for general purposes. St. Dunstan’s home, Regent Park, London, for general purposes. Prince of Wales Fund for London hospitals, for general purposes On the termination of the life interest, the will provides for the division of the whole of the . estate into 20 equal parts, eight of which are bequeathed for the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the general purposes of the consolidated funds of the British Treasury and a further four parts for the Minister of Finance in New Zealand for the general purposes of the consolidated funds of the New Zealand Treasury. The remainder will be divided equally among the eight organizations mentioned previously. Born at Kington, St. Michael Wiltshire, in 1863, Mr Prodgers was able to trace lineal descent from Edward Prodgers, Groom of Chambers to King Charles 11. His family was a noted sporting and exploring one.

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