KIDNAPPING.
AN ISLAND TROUBLE,
THE KKTf'll "ENVY" AFFAIR
A NEWSPAPIvR LIBEL ACTION
[Press Association-Copyright.]
SYDNEY. Tuesday
Captain John Si radian, a well-known
master mariner, has commenced an action against the proprietor.' of Hie "Sydney Morning Herald." claiming £SOOO damages lor libel. The alleged libel is contained in statements said to have been
made by Dr Inner. Consul-General for Germany, and published in the "Herald''
on Mav 17th last
The article was headed "Alleged Kid
napping." and referred to a voyage oi Stiachau in the ketch Envy, charging St radian with recruiting natives of Tolii
Island under a promise to return them to their homes, which promise, it was alleged, he failed to keep. The arlielo also alleged thai Strachau had used efforts to induce the Tobi Islanders to replace the German (lug with the British.
Strachan's reply is a denial of the charges. He says that he had taken the Tobi boys for trips in the Envy of their free will m gel a knowledge of the world, but he had not kidnapped or recruited them. He also denied the flag incident,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 23 March 1910, Page 5
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182KIDNAPPING. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 23 March 1910, Page 5
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