A MYSTERY RECALLED.
* I STUDENT'S D:3 APPEARANCE. j A sequel to l : e disappearance of a 1 young donfa] ,stntlont named William Richard Sidney IJobb;. whilst ho v.as travelling fro::; Uunediii to llami'iui, 121 September of last year, osmo beio-o the Supreme Court at Wellington last "iveek. wheu the Publjo Trustee proreeded bclore Chief Justice Sir Robert Stout, for nil order ir.r the pre<nin;pli* % i of the death of the. w,m. ?ij" f'\ C. Kelly rcprvj-xm-ed "the Pi:h;:c Trustee. and Mr. C. If. Trotuhrel; for mi insurance company holding a mk on ti:» life of Jlobbs. In fiipport of the fpulication. it r,n:< pointed oiti- that •.rhiio returning to the N'orili fslnnd Ifobbs boohed a passage on the Mro-i en her run from '"'itelton to Wellington ou Septcrnbcr IGth. 1919, nnd hcLv/eeii tiii* fine and | the arrival ef the at Wellington he complete !y disappeared. Tt transpired that the berth .-linted to Honjts Itjkl not bt'Ci !)•»£ * 1:. n ,n0-bar' io hiin v.a~ i'ctri in ie.e srdoon of the ship. order to v/ind tin his estate. Mntch consisted et a hie inMJrauie policy for ;£'.']oo. the 'Public ■ TntM.no asked the Court to assume that J-lobbs ha-) been ] o *t at -en, bv.t Mr Trc<l'vo.lj objected, on tlie ground thai, the evidence shown on affidavit wns both insufficient and wnsatirfnctorv and scond-hand. Sir Robert Slo-it said | 10 wn4 c f ! that. tho eririen-o was insufficient. . and pointed out that further supnortms the Publi- Trustee's A-v eould have been obtained. According he adjourned r.he case sine die to -Ire the .-np.K-anfc. opportunity io mere in the mrestioa indicated.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16946, 22 September 1920, Page 10
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