CHARITABLE GIFTS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20540, 15 February 1935, Page 13

CHARITABLE GIFTS.

Will of the Late Mr John Meeham. Under the will of the late John Meehan, who died at Waimate on February 8, the Public Trustee is appointed executor and trustee. The will provides for the following charitable gifts: £25 for the purposes of the Salvation Army Band at Waimat e. £IOO to St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Convent at Kerrytown. for general purposes. £IOO to the Roman Catholic Convent at Morven, for general purposes. £IOO to the New Zealand Institute for the Blind, Auckland, for general purposes. £IOO to the Sisters of Mercy, South Dunedin, for the purposes of the Girls’ Orphanage, South Dunedin, and (or) the Boys’ Orphanage, Waverley. £IOO to the Roman Catholic Sisters of the Poor, Dunedin, for general purposes. £IOO to the Roman Catholic Nazareth House, Christchurch, for general purposes. £IOO to the Roman Catholic Mount Magdala Home, Christchurch, for general purposes. £IOO to the Roman Catholic parish priest, Waimate, for the purpose of relieving distress amongst Roman Catholic residents in the Waimate parish. £IOO to the Roman Catholic parish priest, Timaru, for the sustentation fund of the Roman Catholic Church in the Dominion of New Zealand. £IOO to the Roman Catholic Sisters of the Third Order Regular of Mary at Makogai, for the general purposes of the leper station carried on by such sisters at Makogai Island. £IOO to the Roman Catholic Archbishop. Wellington, for the purposes of the Roman Catholic Maori missions conducted by such Archbishop. £IOO to the Australian Aborigine Roman Catholic mission at Beaglebay, Broome, Western Australia, for general purposes. £IOO to the Roman Catholic parish priest, Timaru. for St Anne’s Guild. £SO to the Roman Catholic parish priest for the Timaru branch of the Society of St Vincent de Paul. £2O to Lewisham Hospital, Christfor general purposes. After providing for an annuity, the residue is bequeathed to the Trustee in perpetuity, upon trust to apply the income each year for such charitable purposes and objects in the provincial district of Canterbury as the Roman Catholic Bishop, Christchurch, shall direct. The net value of the estate for pro- 1 £4*7 000 purposes * s approximately ANNUAL PICNIC. The picnic of the Canterbury Caithness Association, which was held at the New Brighton racecourse during the week-end, was well patronised. The results of the events wereChildren under six: 12. Cormai-k 1, M. Loekie 2. Under ten: Nola Campbell I,’ M. Cormack and D. Campbell 2. Fgg and spoon race: Gwen Cowley 1. Married women’s race: Mrs p Loekie 1 Mrs D. Loekie 2. Women's sack race-’ Joyce Saw tell 1, Mrs D. Loekie 2. Men's sack race: P. Loekie 3, A. Cormack 2. Children s sack race: lan Cormack 1, M. Clyne 2. Egg and spoon races: Men, W. Campbell 1, J. Mart on 2; women, Mrs A. Cormack 1, Mrs P. Loekie 2. Potato races: Men, P. Loekie 1, D. Loekie 2; women. Joyce Sawtell 1, V. Wentworth 2. Three-legged race: C. Clyne and Joyce Sawtell 3. Treasure hunt: Jean Campbell 1, Mrs W. Campbell 2. Blindfold walk: Vera Wentworth 1. W. Campbell 2. Hop, step and jump: P. Loekie 1. Relay race: A. Cormack’s team. Caithness Handicap: P. Loekie 1, D. Loekie and W. Campbell (dead heat) 2. Putting the shot: J. M’Leod 1, S. Brenner 2. Stepping competitions: Men, A. Cormack 1, J. Martin 2: women, Mrs P. Loekie 1. Miss H. ! Clyne 2.