VALUABLE ESTATE
AUCKLANDER’S FORTUNE HEAVY DEATH DUTIES 1 Per Pretsa Association. J AUCKLAND, Nov. 1. The estate of the late Mr. Georgrt McCaul, of Auckland, who died on October 17, at the age of 96, is valued at £260,000. Practically the entire fortune was made since he came to Auckland 47 years ago and established a business in Wellesley Street as an importer and manufacturer of plumbers’ supplies. Over £lOO,OOO out of the estate will go to the Government in death duties. Mr. McCaul did not leave a will and the balance of £160,000 will be divided between his two nieces, Miss Alice Mary McCaul, who lived with her uncle at Wellesley Street, and Mrs. Edith Lucy Andrews, of Matoomba, New South Wales. Mrs. McCaul died about 20 years ago and there are no children. When he died, Mr. McCaul was living in six rooms over his shop and factory in Wellesley Street. His mode of life was of the simplest. He did not own a motor-car and he did not. travel. Ho was a very hard worker and scorned the thought of retiring.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 259, 2 November 1932, Page 7
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184VALUABLE ESTATE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 259, 2 November 1932, Page 7
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