ESTATE OF £90,000.
LATE J. T. HAWKE’S WILL LIFE INTERESTS TO DEPENDENT* CATHOLIC CHURCH LEFT RESIDUE. At the Supreme Court, Hamilton, to-day probate of the will of the late James Thomas Hawke, of Hamilton, was granted by His Honour Mr Justice Herdman to the Public Trustee. After making provision, inter alia for the widow and giving successive life interests to children and grandchildren, deceased’s will bequeaths the residue to the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of New Zealand for specified church purposes. The value of the estate has been provisionally sworn at £90,000. The principal New Zealand asset is the well-known “Te Mimi” farm near Morrinsville \vjiich carries some 670 cows and other stock-
The overseas assets include substantial interests in fndian and Ceylon tea and coffee plantations.
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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19124, 8 December 1933, Page 4
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126ESTATE OF £90,000. Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19124, 8 December 1933, Page 4
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