A FRENCH BEQUEST.
Pzmb Association.— Telegraph.— Copyright. Received June 12, 8.50 a.m. PABIS, June U. The Ikjquest to ex-President Loub.t'.vas clue to his having signed a decree where Ly M. Ciauuhard became a member of the. Legion of Hoaour. M. Loubet reinsc6 thqj bequest which goes to the hospital. An enormous concourse attended, the funeral. Ohauchard was buried iv a waistcoat covered' with pearl buttons, worth half a million francs. The crowd, was very <?ierespectful and many of them snatched flowers from the bier. [M. Chauchard, proprietor of the Magasins de Louvre, and owner of a great collection of pictures, died a few days ago. His will bequeathed .£200,000 of his fortune — which was over a million sterling — to M. Loubet.]
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12794, 12 June 1909, Page 7
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121A FRENCH BEQUEST. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12794, 12 June 1909, Page 7
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