The Late Lady Hay
LEAVES A LARGE ESTATE.
VALUED AT £94,505.
By Telegraph —Copyright —Press Assn.
SYDNEY, Last Night.
Probate was granted in the will of Lady Hay, late of North Sydney, whose estate was valued at £94,505. Among the bequests are £lOOO each for her The residue is left upon trust in equal shares to Minnie Sinclair, of Auckland, Bruce Gillies of Timaru, Ida Bruce formerly of fAucklaml, Mrs Madge Clark, wife of Mr Duncan Clark, of Auckland, Dr Sinclair Gillies, Ann Shirley, and Jessie Arthur of Sydney, and Mr John Bruce, of Berry.
FORMERLY OF AUCKLAND.
WELL-KNOWN IN EARLY DAYS
(Per Press Association) AUCKLAND, Last Night.
Lady. Hay, who died in Sydney in July, lived for many years in Auckland, where she met and married Mr John Hay, a successful merchant and member of the City Council from 1878 to 1879. Inheriting a fortune from a relative, he took up his residence in Sydney, where he became occupied in public life, receiving a knighthood just before his death in 1909. Lady Hay, who before her marriage was Miss Jessie Sinclair, came from Glasgow at the age of eight to Auckland, where her uncle,, Mr Andrew Sinclair, was the first Colonial Treasurer under Captain Hobson.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIV, Issue 111, 24 September 1930, Page 8
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