GIFTS TO CHARITY.
A\ AUSTRALIAN MILLIONAIRE'S BIG BEQUESTS. COMMENDABLE OBJECTS. Sydney, May 23. Under the will of Mr. W. R. Hall, of Mount Morgan mine fame, whose estate was valued at several millions, £SO 000 has been left to char:ties in New South Wales and Queensland. The widow, as residuary legatee bar now decided to devote the income fion: a million pounds to chanties, halt goyng to New South Wales, and a quarter each to Queensland and Victoria. Trustees have been appointed *0 administer the gift. The chanty has been defined as for the relief of poverty, the advancement of the Anglican religion, the advancement of education, and the general benefit of the community, with a stipulation that one half of the income shall be devoted to women and children.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 23, 24 May 1912, Page 5
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130GIFTS TO CHARITY. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 23, 24 May 1912, Page 5
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