The Late Wake – Mackenzie

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 244, 26 January 1906, Page 2

The Late Wake - Mackenzie

Libal Case. [from the OB* er ver. J Tbe afterm:i-h of the Wak r s McKenzie libel suit is still supplying bith the Kawak.twa ar.d Manganui piperwim pabulum weekly. Thg K*wa k**wa bus er is evidea ly afraid that tbe very full reports of the tdai published weeks ago by th 3 Auckland papers might not be convincing auoi'gh to its reader?, and is therefore doling out slices of a verbatim report, und r a ret of hoad-linos startling enough for a New York yellow journal, while Francis in the airy m inner iu which be is a pa-4tnastar, gals h me in other columns < f tho paper som shrewd thrusts at his antagonist. On the other hand, the Wake organ a Manganui is giving its readers tbe benefit of argument; that ought, if it was to be effective, to have been heard in court. When beth parties to a lawsuit are newspaper proprietors, and men who know not when they are beaten, there is never any knowing who will have the last word. Tho adjustment of expanses in tbe libel action, by tbe way, has hit Mr Wake very harL The judgment against Mr McKenzie for the amount be had paid into Court was ancampanied by costs on the lower scale up to the time when the money wa* pail in, but costs were given against Mr Wake on the higher scale with respect to all subsequent proceedings. A? only a liability of a few pounds had been contracted in the earlier stages, tbe McKenzie portion of the costs was not heavy, but as to the expenses of tbe actual trial, it is said that the bill ot one lawyer alone amounted to considerably more than £lOO-. Seeing that Mr Wake got no satisfaction from the evidence, but rather the contrary, tbe result of his experiment in libel actions is nothing short of disastrous.