THE SOAP TRUST.
3IG ÜBEI. ACTION.
jjyjß BBOTHESS WIK £50,000.
(Eeceived 7.58 a-m.)
LONDON, Jnly 17.
iVr H. Bevw. head of the firm of ■JZtilem. Brothers, soap mamifaef Port Sunlight, recently lnsti- *&& prosecution of the "Daily the -Evening News - for T? L connection with the late Soap Slf The prosecution declared that , ottseta on the Trust had cost him a sum of £40,000 on sales VfHtotwo mHlions worth of £10 shares of the firm had declined besides other losses on ordi--5L shares and with regard to goodwill. (Eeceived 5.34 sum.) LONDON, July 17. ■ jjje «Daily Mail" and the "Daily tgaor"-' withdraw their imputations Jr-nst Messrs. Lever, and the actions for £50,000 damages %r Bnftis Isaacs, K.C., counsel for the —espapeis, announced that in view of jfessrs. Lever Brothers' demeanour in rte •fitness-bos be would withdraw the plea of justification. *TJr Jasfee Lawrence commended this the honourable and proper course. The damages awarded are exclusive of taied eoste.---
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 170, 18 July 1907, Page 5
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