DISPUTE OVER RING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1927, Page 19

DISPUTE OVER RING.

LE NT FOR BEAUTY CONTEST.

MISS ISOBEL WILSON SUED. ADJOUEX3IEXT GRANTED. (By Telegraph.— Correspondent.) WELLINGTON. Tuesday. slr=. Ellen Wm Maxwell, of Wellington, proceeded again-t 1-nbel Wilson, of v-h • was runner-up in the recent beauty cent- st. lor the recovery of a three-r'Vi'l dre-s ring, valued at £30. lent to deu-dant la-t October. An alternative cla m was mad* for £30. The ca-c v>as called i.efore Mr. W. C Biddell. >M.. to-day. Mr. Perry, for defendant. askod for a fortnight's adjournment. Mr. Jackson opposed the application. "MI-5 Wilson has been selected in Wellington as a film star I contestanr. and -he goe-* to Auckland! to-night." i.e said, "to take part in tin . final.' l Mr. Riddell: Where i- the ring? Mr. Perry: It lias been lost. .Mr. Jackson: It «a- lent to Mi-.-. Wilson by Mr-. Maxwell for the beamy! eontest la-t October, on condition that it : was returned. It has never been'; returned. M.-- Wit-on has made ali sort- ' of excu-e-. She is here in Wellington ; new. >lie :- about to proceed to Auckand. if --L> is successful there s-ho c oe ? t" Au-tralia. and if successful! there pro' ■ is to America. She does not j Jenv having had tlie ring. Mr. l'crry said he had told Mi--1 Wilson that the ca-e would be adjourned for a fortnight, and it was quite impossible to -• 't hold of her. She would be back in Wellington in a fortnight. Air. -hick-"!!: The trouble is that she do*s not tti-li t" appear in Court, and the has made all sorts of excuses. The point in di-put"e is the value of the rim:. Mr. Kiddell: 1 propose to grant the adjournment. Mr. •Jackson. You can -top her if -he tries to get away.