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Sat 2 Feb 1901 - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)
Page 5 - THE WILL OF THE LATE MR. J. WESLEY HALL.
THE WILL OF THE LATE MR.
J. WESLEY HALL.
The will of the late Mr. James Wesley
Hall, who died at his residance, Oma,
Boundary-road, Toorak, on January 7 last,
has been lodged for probate. Under this
will, which was signed on December 5,
1898, the testator appointed as trustees and
executors Mr. Walter Russell Hall, of Syd-
ney, Mr. Kelso King, of the same city, and
Mr. Arthur Frederick Hooper, of Wallace-
street, Toorak. To each of these gentle-
men, who are entrusted with the task of
proving the will, he leaves a legacy of
£1,000 and a commission of 2½ per cent
upon the net income or interest to be de-
rived from his estate. He also appoints his
trustees and his widow, Margaret Kate
Lilian Hall, guardians of each of his
children who may not have attained their
majority at the time of his death. The
whole of testator's goods and chattels used
in his household he bequeaths to his
widow together with a legacy of £10,000,
which is to be a first charge on the estate.
In addition be bequeaths to her an an-
nuity of £2,000 which is to be free from
the control or disposition of any husband.
The testator further leaves a legacy of
£2,000 to Louisa Sarah Hall, widow of his
brother, Albert Henry Hall, of Portishead,
Somersetshire, England. His share and
interest in certain mining properties in the
Grafton and New England districts of New
South Wales are left to Alfred Cadell, of
Emmaville, New South Wales, and 1000
shares in the Mount Morgan Gold mining,
Company, Queensland, are bequeathed to
each of his sisters in law-Georgia Francis
May Dempster, Maria Huon Dempster,
and Fanny Madeline Hooper. A gift of
£2,000 is made to George Anderson
Richard, of Mount Morgan, while legacies
of £500 each are devoted to testator's  
cousin, Thomas Carleton Skarratt, and to
Thomas G. Cornes of Mount Morgan
Thomas Carleton sen., of King
ston, Hereford, England, an uncle of the
testator, also receives an income of £200
a year during his life
The trustees are further empowered to
provide for the payment, from the resi
duary estate of any sum up to £1,000 per
annum for each of his children to his wife
as an allowance to repay her for their care ,
and to provide a home for herself and such
of the children as may be unmarried. This
allowance, however may be further in
creased by the trustees if circumstances
occur that warrant then thinking such
action is necessary. The remainder of the
estate is to be divided equally among his
children on attaining the age of 21,
the shares going to any daughters t o be re
tained in trust for them and their child
ren
The property of the testator in Victoria
is valued at £8,702, of which £3,952 is
realty and £4,750 personality. The bulk of
the testator's property, however, is in
Queensland, and includes a very large in
terest in the Mount Morgan Mines, about
one-third of which is held by testator and
his brothers.