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Tue 6 Feb 1912 - Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette (Qld. : 1868 - 1919)
Page 3 - An Australian Millionaire.
An Australian Millionaire.
WILL OF WALTER RUSSELL
HALL.,
ESTATE VALUED AT £2,312,000.
In the;, Victorian Probate Court on
Thursday, there was lodged for seal-
ing purposes a copy of the will of
the late Walter Russell Hall, of Potts
Point, Sydney, gentleman, who died
on 13th October last. The will was
executed on 10th July 1896. The
total value of the estate is sworn
at £2,311,837. The Victorian ..por
tion was valued at £6611 realty and
£52,600 personalty. Testator ap
pointed his widow, Eliza Rowden
Hall, his brother Thomas Skarratt
Hall, and Kelso King his executrix
and executors. To his widow he left
£100,000, all jewellery, furniture, hor
ses, carriages, &c. ; to Jennio Hall,
wife of his brother, Thomas Skarratt
.Hall,, and her children £-10,000 ; to
his brother, James Bains Hall; his
wife and children, £40,000 ; to his
trustees, "£30,000 in trust for such
chfiri table" purposes as they ; -.think
fit ; to each7 - child, of his brother
Jamo3 Wesley Hall, £10,000 ;) to each
child of his uncle, Charles Carleton
Skarratt, £6,000 ; ' to Louisa Hall,
widow of his late brother, Ilenry Al
bert Hall, £5,000 ; to his brother-
in law, George Marshall Kirk, £5000)
to each daughter of his uncle, Wil- 1
liam Carleton Skarratt, £4,000 ; to
Donald Skarratt, £4000 ; to each of
the other sonB of William Carleton
Skarratt, £3000 ; to Mrs. Ward,
daughter of his uncle, T. C. Skarratt
£4000 ; to Harry S. BrothWood,
£4000 ; to each of two uncles,
£1000 ; to' Miss Frances Wippell and
E. W. Ellison, of Melbourne, rela
tives oi his widow, £3000 each ; to
Khlso King, £2000 ; to his old ser
vant, William Edwards, £500 ; and
to each servant in his employ a sum
equal to three months' wages. ; The
remainder of his estate was bequeath
ed by testator to his trustees, In
trust for his widow and certain rela
tives.