LIBEL ACTION SETTLED.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 169, 22 August 1914, Page 14

LIBEL ACTION SETTLED.

DR. M'NAB v. "DOMINION." THE NEWSPAPER EXPLAINS. The libel action brought by Dr R. M'Nab against the '' Dominion," newspaper, Wellington, has been settled. The statements complained of were published in the "Dominion" in a letter to the editor signed "R. S. Carrick, Nelson, May 14." The "Dominion" publishes the following terms of settlement: — "Mr M'Nab, feeling that the statements in this letter imputed to him the use of Mr Carrick's work to improperly secure his degree of Doctor of Literature, lias brought an action for libel against the company which publishes this journal. "We desire to express our regret for the insertion in our columns of Mr Carrick's letter, and we freely state that any imputation it contained that Dr M'Nab was not the sole editor and compiler of "The New Zealand Historical Records" in question, or that he obtained his Doctorate of Literature by submitting to the University authorities any work of which he was not the true and sole author, is absolutely without foundation. Wc have always given credit to Mr M'Nab for his industry and« single-mindedness as an author, and we sought to correct the false impression given by Mr Carrick's letter in our issues of the sth day of June ami 2nd day of July respectively, the first correction being inserted before we had knowledge of the issue of the writ, and the second after we obtained a full knowledge of the facts. "As Mr M'Nab does not. desire to accept damages, he has agreed to the settlement of this action upon our contributing one .hundred pounds (£100) to the "Patriotic Fund," paying his costs in full, and publishing this settlement."