WOUNDED PRIDE
NOMINAL DAMAGES NORFOLK ISLAND OFFICIAL SYDNEY, Aug. 24 A message from Norfolk Island states that Mr. Justice Coyle, of Sydney, concluded the hearing of an action by Charles Ray Nobbs against Captain C. R. Pinney, the present Administrator, for alleged wrongful dismissal from his office of president of the executive. Mr. Nobbs' case was that Captain Pinney wrongly convened a special meeting of the Executive Council over which he presided and unlawfully submitted to the meeting a motion purporting to remove Mr. Nobbs from the presidency. Mr. Nobbs claimed £3OOO damages. The Judge found that the Administrator had acted irregularly in cal'ing the meeting, which was the president's prerogative, and awarded plaintiff nominal damages. His Honor commented that the only real damage the plaintiff had suffered was to his pride. He said it was most regrettable that the peace of the island was in such a troubled state.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22197, 26 August 1935, Page 11
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