Helen Porter Armstrong - Dame Nellie Melba - NRS-13660-13-943-Series 4 175192 AF00174122 - Flipbook - Page 28
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DAME NELLIT:
MELBA of Coombe Cottage Coldstream in the Stte of Victoria
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/Dame of the Lost Distinguished Order of The British Empire
vt.S.
I RLVOKE all former Wills
1 APPOINT my son GEORGE NESBITT ARMSTRONG of Coombe
Cottage aforesaid and THE TRUSTES EX :OUTOR
AL) AG 14CY COMPANY
LIMITED of 412 Collins Street Melbourne (hereinafter referred to as
"my Trustees") to be EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES of this my Will
AND
DECLARE that the expression "my trustees" shall where the context
so admits mean or include the Trustees or Trustee for the time
being of this my A.11
1 BEQUEATH the following legacies free from all
duties namely
TO my daughter-in-law EV-IAT ARMSTRONG my diamond
chain with emeralds and pink and white pearls
TO my sister ANNIE BOX .eieture
Hans Heysen Coloured
Crayon Bush Scene in the_It9lian Room at Coombe Cottage.
TO my sister ISABELLA PATTER SON "Venice" a Watercolour
picture by Streeton
TO my sister DORA LERIERE my diamond and pearl ring
(which is the first jewel purchased by me after I became 'Melba")
TO my brother CHARLES MITCHELL the Silver Cup
presented to me by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
TO my brother ERN EST MITCHELL the Red Leather Bookcases
in my Bedroom with the Books therein
TO my niece AML, MAU:1M: MITCH:IL the Amethyst
Pendant given to me by my 2ather
TO my niece HELEi 14, RIVRE the Coloured Crayon
Picture by Hans Heysen "Labourer'
TO my niece N:LLIh. PATTRQON my Marguerite in Diamonds
with chain
TO my niece MARY PATTRSOIT my Crystal 7atch with "M" in
diamonds