MRS TOWNEND'S WILL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 88, 20 May 1914, Page 6

MRS TOWNEND'S WILL.

£45,000 TO CHARITIES. WISE AND CAKEFUL BEQUESTS. The Trustees of the will of the late Mrs A. < ' Townend (Messrs A. M'Kellar, C. M'Kellar, P. H. Pyne, and N. L. M'Beth), have supplied the following details to the newspapers:— "After providing for a number of private legacies, and annuities Mrs Townend by her will left the following amounts to the Public Institutions "named: — "£IOOO to the Trustees or' other persons having.the direction, management and.control of the Sanatorium for Consumptives at Cashmere Hills, 1 for the purpose of establishing and''maintaining or beds'to be known as 'the * fG. JEL Moore Bed " in: memory "of. her late father Mr George Henry Moore. ' • " £SOO to the-Treasurer of the Salvation Army in. Christchurch' for the purposes of advancing.the work at present carried on by that body in Christchurch. - '' £250 -to the 'treasurer* of .the Horticultural Society in Christeliurch for the use of thri Soeiety. • • v . \- - r — : .;- i "£250 r'to„the Christchurch District Cursing FuJid/ - * ' " "£IOO to the -Prison Christehurchi • ' * - * ,''£looo to Dr Barnardo-s Home. , ) ■cent ..Cottages at" New 'Brightofi; 1 1-,■< "£4OOO to'the Citizens Benevolent Association in Christchurch towards relieving distress. . , / . '-'£4ooo .to j the,; Christchurch Lady Visitors' Association'of the Hospital.' "£SOOO Ito, the Society 'for Prevention of Cruelty to' Animals in Christchurch;. ' < £SOOO to the Chief Charitable Institution for 'relieving -tristress a'ruf affording help 7 to the poqr in the parish' of Melew(in the' Isle of Man.

f 4 £SOOO for, .the .Association of Prevention of- Cruelty to Aninials in tlie" •parish'of -Metew in the rlsle of~ Man.' 44 £10,00,0 to be invested-, and the .income to be expended in relieving ' distress amongst the" gentlewomen, or women of r'efinementvresi'ding-'within a' radius ofi four miles of Cathedral Square with discretion to Trustees asj to expenditure of income. . - . 4 '£5000 to the Church Property Jtfrustees in -Canterbury *to be invested and the income to be expended in augmenting the stipends of' clergyman holding positions in the parishes or parochial districts of the Archdeaconry of Christ- 1 church who are '.not: i stipends' with allowances.equal to £3OO a yean" The total- amount of these gifts is £45,000. * - " i Itis understood ,that ■ the principal; beneficiary, under the will is a cousin of the late Mrs Townend, in ; the-Isle of Man. ■ " --. • * " -. :■' '