ALLEGED KIDNAPPING.
AN ACTION FOR LIBEL. ] By Telegraph.— Association.— ;. (Received March 22, 11.30 p.m.) ' ; ' ' ' Sydney, March 22. Captain John ; Strachan, the well-known master mariner, has commenced an action against the proprietors of, the Sydney . Morning Herald, claiming £5000 damages ■ for libel. }■' '-'<■■:[" :'■:' ; :■:' ;'.;}■!!::' >; ''-. The alleged libel was contained in statements said to have been made by Dr. Irmer,. Consul-General for . Germany, and published in the vSydney Morning 'Herald "-. on 'May 17 last. The article was headed, "Alleged Kidnapping," arid; referred to \ the voyage of Strachan in the ketch Envy, [ charging Strachan with, recruiting ; natives • ! of Tobi Island, under promise to;, return .' j them to their ; homes,- which promise, it I was alleged, he failed to keep} ; ! The article * also alleged that. Strachan; had used efforts to - induce the Tobi Islanders, to replace the German flag" with the British. • ''•••,;. - 1 I ■• Captain Strachan's reply is'a denial of the charges. He had taken the Tobi boys for trips in the Envy on" their, free will Ito get a, knowledge of the world, but had • ! not kidnapped or recruited them. He> also | denied the flag incident. } V ; £
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14326, 23 March 1910, Page 7
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182ALLEGED KIDNAPPING. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14326, 23 March 1910, Page 7
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