A LIBELLOUS ARTICLE
GREAT INTEREST IN FIJI CASE. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. SUVA, August 19. The libel action brought by two prominent citizens, Mr H. M. Scott, K.C., and Sir Maynard Hedstrom, against the Council of Planters, has occupied the court for the past four days, and has now resulted in the jury returning a unanimous verdict for plaintiffs for £2OO and costs. The iuryi added a rider that it did not give teavier damages because the plaintiffs did not press for them, and also that the time was inopportune. The libel was'contained in an article written by the secretary of the Council of Planters in May last, stating that the plaintiffs forced the discontinuance of the local steamer service to serve their own ends. The plaintiffs are members of the Executive and Legislative Councils of the colony. The plaintiffs have come through everything triumphantly. The oase caused tremendous interest locally. The damages awarded are being given to charity.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11294, 21 August 1922, Page 5
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