PUBLIC BEQUESTS MADE

Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1934, Page 6

PUBLIC BEQUESTS MADE

WILL OF LATE MR. T. C. LIST CHILDREN’S CONVALESCENT HOME. ADDITION TO PUKEKURA ’PARK. CHAPEL FOR BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL. Under the will of the late Mr. T. C. List, probate of which was granted on Saturday, several bequests of a public nature are made. The beneficiaries are the borough of New Plymouth, the sick children of the district, and the New Plymouth Boys’ High School. Subject to a prior life interest, portion of the well-known property, “Maranui,” is bequeathed to the borough of New Plymouth, forming an extension to Pukekura Park. : . The remainder of the property known as “Maranui,” including the residence, is left to the Taranaki Hospital Board as a Convalescent Home for children. Subject to the same prior interest,, a sum of £2OOO is given to St. Mary’s Parochial Trust Board towards a fund for the building of a chapel for the New Plymouth Boys’ High School. The Taranaki Daily News, of which the late Mr. I.ist was the sole proprietor, is being carried on by the trustees (Mrs. T. C. List, and Messrs J. C. Nicholson and C. H. Wynyard), pursuant to power contained in his will, and it is their intention to follow and maintain in all respects the independent and progressive policy adopted by the late proprietor.