ACTION FOR LIBEL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1272, 30 October 1911, Page 4

ACTION FOR LIBEL.

PROMISED BY PHIME MINISTER. Tn Hie tlouso of licprosentatives 011 Saturday afternoon Kir Joseph Ward staled liial lie intended In brills an action lor libel against a certain newspaper which lie did not name. 'J'l-.o Prime Minister, who was reviewing (lie work of Hie session, said: "Later 011 I will find it necessary to deal with 111r> dispe.-ilion of loan moneys, because 1 recognise 1 ii.it parly fight's art 1 party fights, and I want to see that they avo carried on fairly." Mr. Massey: Hear, lienr. Sir Joseph Ward: 1 am bnnnil to say that they have not been carried on fairly in reward to myself, for I have had to give inslructions to my own lawyers within Ihe last L'S hours to proceed against a newspaper lor a cross libel. Mr. Masse,v: I have had to do that. Sir Joseph Ward: 1 have in my possession' half a, dozen apologies froal different newspapers tor having libelled me at different time?, end now I liave had to take proceedings for a fires'; libel, and I never withdraw in such ease;. Wlion found, as ] have found in Ihis particular case, that oneof miserable, wretched, contemptible insinuations has been made and has pot into print, I had t'o do as I had intended to do in regard to a certain private individual, but I have received an explanatory statement which has been made by him'. [ intend to carry the election on as a hard light, but fighting fairly. (Hear, hear.)