CLARKE V. NORTON.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 20 June 1912, Page 5

CLARKE V. NORTON.

—. —* THE PLAINTIFF'S CASE. BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. MELBOURNE, June 19. Counsel for Archbishop Clarke, concluding his address, claimed that defendant had deliberately, falsely and miliciously put on record a statement that plaintiff, in exercising his veto with regard to Canon Nash, did so,' "Without honestly investigating the charges, and acted on a preconceived •determination to deprive Canon 3s rash ■of his position. The Archbishop, in a long statement •in the box, reviewing the whole of the facts, showed that he had made exhaustive enquiries into the allegations against Canon Nash, whom he consulted and advised, the Canon agreeing to the suggestion to submit the case, to the Cathedral Chapter.