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Defamatory Article (N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND. June 4. Statements about the works 'manager of the Otahuhu railsway workshop in the news- ! paper “People’s Voice” were i ruled defamatory in a reserved decision by Mr Justice Woodhouse yesterday. The manager, John Thomas Killalea. was awarded £l5O damages. He had claimed an article about him meant he I was unreasonable, arrogant narrow-minded, unjust and conceited The defendants, the Imprint Publishing Company, iand F. Wilson Printery, Ltd., claimed qualified privilege on ia matter of public interest. : His Honour said privilege, if it existed at all. was to intake some complaint to the I plaintiff’s superiors.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30769, 5 June 1965, Page 25
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