"STOLEN"

NZ Truth, Issue 1306, 22 December 1930, Page 6

"STOLEN"

who wHI have to suffer! Its no good you coming to me for information m this matter, because I won't give it to you!" / Paris was then asked where lyas the child's mother. "You are so clever — you ought to know," he replied. "Is she m Rockhampton?" "The daily papers said she was m Townsville — apparently they know," responded Paris. Paris then declined to discuss Ronnie's mother any further. 'He admitted his name was Paris, and claimed that he was a half-caste Maori. In answer to further questioning, Paris said: "I had charge of the child with the full consent of the grandmother. We all love the little boy, and there is no ill-feeling between the grandmother and myself." The interview then terminated. The grandmother, however, emphatically denied that Paris had possession of the child with her consent, when she was questioned over the telephone at her home m Coff's Harbor during the week. "Paris had no right to have him," she said. "It certainly was not with my consent that he took toim. He was stolen from me! i • "Paris took the child from me on July 5 at Brisbane," Mrs. Mackay alleged. "I understand he took him by ship" to Cairns. I could not rest because of the dreadful anxiety. -I was wondering where *he child was. I sent two wires and wrote to Cairns, but got no reply. .... "I have looked after Ronnie since the day he was .born, and have paid every penny for him. I am very happy to know that he is safe again; but I will be happier when I have him back with me." "Do you' intend taking the boy back to live with you again?" Mrs. Mackay was asked. "His father wants me to, she answered. "But I'm afraid of what Paris may do! Paris has treated me very