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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12403, 19 November 1908, Page 3

Aconrding.to the London "Telegraph' after five years' litigation; Mr George .'■ Moiile. a Devonport shoemiker. and his family have inherited tbe estate of William H.-.T. Osmund, of Australia, valued at over £100,000. Mr O3mund, whose father wag a naval s'irgeon who was present vat the battle of Waterloo, was A says a paper) born, at Plymptons naa"r Plymuth. He emigrated about fifty years. ago, and after' experienc, as a gold digger, engaged in sheep fa.rm.iqg and amassed a 'fortune. He married but left no children, and his wife predeceased him. By his will the whole of his fortune was left to the nest bf-kin, who, however, were not speoified. The Earl of Shaftesbury is known to possess a tenor voice of -much sweetness - but it- is rarely heard in public. On September 16th,' 'however, he was the solo vocalist at the dedication of a new Jorgan at the Ohurnh of Shaston St. James, Shaftesury. At the close of-. the service on tjia't occasion he took his place,/ unsurpliced. ' in tbe choir stalls,- and iang "If with all your hearts" ("Elijah") and "The sbft southern ; breeza" ("Rebekab"). The ea'rria said to possess 'an organ of real.eicellece. If not of .:■„ the robust, brdor, it is by 'ho jnaans light, 1 aild is admirably suited for oratorio ;inus)c; indeed, such a yoioo would ba— a decided acquisition to -the 'musical profpssion. . Another interesting feature -Was that,' the organist was blind. Mr Cbaker. a native of \th~er town, who is only tsfenty-two Fyears!- of age, has already shown-: mnch talent Jo r com-] positroi,- anclifiVr the funotion he Wrotaan--anthem entitled "Siog we merrily be'f -re God." All.his.splaying ha.3 to befrjiri memory, and {by ruesns of the Braille" system ha was to" memorise the accompanients to Loirdv Shaftssbur'S; "solo in les^th'sn half an hour from thetime of their bwbgaung;