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DAMAGES'FOE ALLEGED LIBEL. ACTION AGAINST HAWKE’S BAY PAPER AND RESIDENT’. BPECIiL TO THE "TIMM." NAPIER, May 22. _ Mr H. lan Simson,' who was a candidate at the last geneTal election for the Hawke’s Bay seat, and has announced his intention oif standing for the same seat next December, has instructed his solicitors, Messrs Kennedy, Lusk, and Marling; to issue a writ claiming £5900 damages against the Hastings ‘Tribune' and Mr George Nelson, writer of a letter which apreared. in Saturday’s paper,, and which contains certain alleged libeldons statements affecting Mr Simson’? social and political standing. , If the case goes to the Court it will prove more than usually interesting.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7447, 23 May 1911, Page 4
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111£5000 CLAIMED New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7447, 23 May 1911, Page 4
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