CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC "TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.]

Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 49, 26 August 1905, Page 5

CABLE NEWS . [BY ELECTRIC "TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.]

N.S.W. LAND ENQUIRY. i • PRIVATE BOXES OPENED. DOCUMENTS IMPOUNDED. [by TJCLKGiwrn,*— rnEss association.] SYDNEY, 25th August. Mrs. W. N. Willis's box, in charge of two detectives, was produced at to-day's sitting of the Lauds Commission. After strong protests by Mrs. Willis and her solicitor against private papers being ovorhauled, the bos was opened before the Commission, and found to- contain I a quantity of jewellery and plate and a number of documents. The box, ■with the jewellery and plate, was handed back to Mra. Willis. ' The Commissioner (Mr,. Justice Owen) impounded the documents, and will peruse them privately. The much-expected books relating to Mrs. Willis's business -were not found. M*Nair and Hoskins (clerks to W. N. Willis) were examined. They stated that they were unable to throw any light on the disappearance of the books. An accountant at the safe deposit where the box was kept, however, deposed that the box was much lighter after M'Nair, | Hoskins, and Mrs. Willis had it opened J just before Willis left Sydney. Willis's box was subsequently brought from the safe deposit. It contained only heirlooms in the shape of a sovereign and a, brooch. There waa considerable excitement in the Court while the opening of the boxes was proceeding.