SEIDLITZ LIBEL ACTION.
AGAINST "N.Z. TIMES."..
WELLINGTON, June 4,
The hearing of the claim for £1000 damages for alleged libel by George yon Seidlitz, Professor of Languages, against the "N.Z. Times" commenced before Judge Sir W. Edwards and a jury of twelve to-day. The alleged lilbel was the publication on July 29, 1918, of a letter containing the words "In 1914 the German alien enemy on the Victoria College staff was arrested for a breach of the war regulations, and was released by one of our Ministers on parole; and although such was reinstated by the Council which declined a proffered resignation." The fallowing words are' also taken exception to: "The munificent compensation for an alien enemy declared to be a prisoner of war for a punishable offence against the realm by the Victoria College Council at the public expense conUasts strangely with the conditions under which our soldiers are treated after years of service, hard fighting, and suffering on their discharge."
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Northern Advocate, 5 June 1920, Page 5
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162SEIDLITZ LIBEL ACTION. Northern Advocate, 5 June 1920, Page 5
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