SLY GROG-SELLING

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 36, 11 February 1926, Page 10

SLY GROG-SELLING

STHE PAET PLAYED BY EUA,

' (By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.")

jf' AUCKLAND, This Day. * In the course of the hearing at Whaj kataue of charges of sly-grog selling ■gainst Eva and other Maoris, it was •tated, that Rua's kitchen at Matahi was the place where the liquor was mostly consumed, and good business bad evidently bfbn carried on there. The Natives were reticent as to pakeha •r pakehas who supplied the liquor. Some stated that they did not know the man, because he came into the district with a veil over his face, while others said he came at night, and therefore they could not see,his face. Mr. B. M. Grant, who appeared for the Natives, said the pakeha who sold the liquor to the Natives in the first place was the real cause of the trouble. . The Magistrate remarked that if the Native would not disclose the source of supply, they must take the full responsibility. They could have avoided the charges if they had disclosed the name of the pakeha who supplied the Uqvior. ' ■ ■ . " The police stated it was common knowledge that Eva trafficked in liquor, and that the Natives could obtain liquor from him. The,sum of £110 was paid into Court ,pp. account of fines. Ena accepted re■poßiibility: 'or the balance of £74.