It cannot be said that £15,000 affords proper maintenance for these boys in all circumstances, said a judgment of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which recently awarded £10,000 more out of their father's estate to two Australian boys, states the "Daily Mail."
It had been stated for the boys, Henry and Edward Bosch, aged seven and four, that the £15,000 left each of them would nat be enough -to educate them at Oxford or Cambridge University, Mr. George Henry Bosch, the father, a surgical instrument maker, of Sydney, died in 1934, leaving £257,000. After bequests to his wife and sons, the residue went to Sydney University, to which he had given £220,000 in his lifetime.
His widow was left £10,000 and a life annuity of £1,000, and the Supreme Court of New South Wales increased this to £33,000, and a £2,000 annuity, but refused to increase the boys' share.
A small sum, stated the Privy Council judgment, may be sufficient for a child's adequate maintenance: but, in view of his father's status in life, it may be wholly insufficient for his proper maintenance.
For Sydney University, i ued that the provision made in the will was enough to send the boys to Oxford or Cambridge, as their mother might pay their fare to England, or they might win scholarship,
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