BRITISH SOAP TRUST.
■*•** --' — -' ■•,-. OTHER £IBEL ACTIONS SETTLED. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright). : LONDON, July 29. .The action fbr libel brought by Joseph Watson and Sons, soap manufacturers, against the Dally News and allied papers, . arising out' of ji comments on the Soap Trust, has been settled' privately. Mr Watson announces that the "damages agreed upon exceed those recently paid to Lever Bros., by tlie Daily Mail and ; Evening News; The latter papers nave -> now withdrawn' their' aspersions and apologised'^..'' • .*-' .-■■ .• -. (Received July 30, 8.20 a.m.) All tlie soap libel litigation against the Harmsworth papers m London, Manchester, Glasgow, and Leeds has been settled., It is understood Joseph Watson and Sons obtained mot less than' £50,000 damages.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11128, 30 July 1907, Page 2
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