TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 April 1920, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

j [per PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] j A WELLINGTON MYSTERY. ' WELLINGTON, April 12. I The inquest on Eliza J. Hebbend, a ! middle-aged married woman, whose ! body, with, the head severely mutilated, | was found in the harbor recently, was 1 continued to-day. ! Dr. Fyffe, who had conducted a post- • mortem examination expressed the view j that the only possible theory apa:" I from one of murder was that the woman i fell into the water, and while struggling j was struck by the propeller of a passing ; boat. He thought that was improvable j however, as the nature of the wounds on the head did not endorse the sup- : position. Other witnesses gave evidence that the woman was addicted to drink, i Sophia Towsey said that late in the

; afternoon of the day before the body • was found, Mrs Hobbend bought a flash of brandy in an hotel, and, said she , was going to the pictures. : The enquiry was again adjourned, . this time to enable evidence to be orocured of a man who found deceased’s handbag. i ! CLUBS AND LIQUOR, j MASTEIRTON, April 12. | The reserved decision of Mr E'. rage, I S.M., in the case in which the custodian !qf the Master-ton Club was charged ; with storing liquor was given to-dav. { Mr Page held that the club, being in--1 eorpated did not give members a legal or equitable interest in the property of the club, and therefore they could not j store liquor on the premises as though i they were in their own homes. As the j question of the legality of the storing |of liquor for members in a club in a I no-license district liad not prevously been decided, Mr, Pago expressed the opinion that the question was not free from difficulty or doubt. He therefore imposed a fine of only £ls, and costs, ’ and fixed security for appeal at this amount, plus ten guineas.