T. C. KERRY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 192, 8 May 1908, Page 7

T. C. KERRY.

I-I 1 •h — , AN ACTION FOR £11,000. ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATIONS. . '»V TELKGiIAPH—PEESt.'ASSOCIATION—COPmiaiIT ■ ■ - ■ v' l '.v'' - (Ree.-May 7,' 11.25 p;m.) • -i' Ur - London,' May 7 • -.''Mr. Meakin, -a!'solicitor, is. suing.Mr. T, Caradijc Kerry;for.:£ll ; ooo for alleged false , .>;■■■; representations; rospepting..Guano■,lslands in the South Pacific. , .... -Mr.-Meakm states that -he gave Mr. Kerry . £6000, cash,, and alleges that ho : expended :£pooo"..m : promoting 'a. ,company,:on Mr- " Kerry's'representation that the .guano'deposits ,wero valuable 1 • .;Afterwards, plaintiff,, says, the' deposits v wore shown to be so valueless that the subscriptions of the shareholders were returned to them. •;/ My;--,. . •. 1 -■Mr. . Thomas Caradoc Kerry, of. yacht Ariadne fame, has : lately, been identified with the, Soiith Atlantio Trading Company, wliich . was formed to - work guano ,at islands not in the South Pacific, but in the neighbourhood of , Tristan d'Acunha,' in the South, Atlantic, in.t eluding '-Inaccessible. Island, .Nightingale-Is- •; v iand, aud Gough , Island. It was also stated that sealing and whaling would be carried >; on. Mr. Kerry is well known in New Zealand, .and,indeed, in most parts of .the world. Last ~:>.i j^r,i^henV:negotiations , for.;flotation -of a . company were said to be pending, the English . . newspaper. " John . Bull" - suggested'. .that'- r a suano concession given by the»Bntish Governjnent to Mr.- Kerry -was valueless, as it had ■ ' Seen-forfeited through failure to carry out ihe conditions. s