PUBLIC BEQUESTS
RETIRING FARMER’S WILL By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND. October 26. Generous public bequests are provided for under the will of Mr William Willis, who died at Remuera on October 21. Mr Willis, whose estate has been sworn at under £60,000, was a retired sheep farmer who came to Auckland from the East Coast. The charitable bequests, the total amount of which is £6OOO, are as follows:
Waiapu Hospital for providing and maintaining free bed and comforts for indigent people, to be called the Miria Willis
was an early settler on the East Coast and owned several properties, including a station near Tokomaru Bay. He retired from the stock business 13 years ago and took up residence In Auckland.
bed 1500 Salvation Army for the upkeep of orphanages 1000 N.Z. Institute for the Blind .. .. 1000 Knox Home for incurables .. .. 1000 Auckland Ladies’ Benevolent 60500 St. Mary’s Homes, Otahuhu .. .. 500 Papatoetoe Orphans’ Home .. .. 500 Mr Willis, who was born in England,
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19941, 27 October 1934, Page 12
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160PUBLIC BEQUESTS Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19941, 27 October 1934, Page 12
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