LIBEL ACTION DROPPED.
(BT cAaLK-PBBBB,*SSOaAMOH-<!OPIMOHT.) (AUMBALIAH AHD N.Z- CABLE ASSOCIATION) (Received February 27th, 11.80 p.m.), SYIXSiEY, February 27. Air "W. M. Hughes has dropped his hbel action. against the "Daily Mail" and no further proceedings will bo taken. rAt' the conclusion of the election r«mnii«m in December, Mr \V. M. HnXs Lued a writ against the "Daily BclS £IO,COO-ns damages for alieced libel. A Japanese merchant acquired Droperties along the coast and HS Blue Mountains, the "Daily Mail" contending that he did this with 'the knowledge of Mr Hughes, who denied all knowledge of the transaction.] ___—--===
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17700, 28 February 1923, Page 9
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