JOURNALISTIC LIBEL ACTION.
/ ALLEGATIONS OF INEXPERI"v. : - ENOE. . (Per Prets Ascociation.) Palmerston North, August. 31. -A.fr Supreme Court to-day Ernest Denis /ffohon, editor of the “ManHenry Smith and the Rangitikei Adfor /ESDI*. damages for, alleged libel • said, to ho/coritairied _ in a, paragraph appearing;in the /iAdypcate*’ bn. July in Avhicli /tiro writer of an article ■in. ! the’ ‘ffiinos’/. was referred, to as ‘,‘aii egotistical journalistic, tyro’’ also a ‘‘ri’ebpliytevl and/ reference i was raqde to moa.sqi'ing, the, writer’s mental calibre with a micrometer. It is said that the moaning, of the said publication was that plaintiff, was an ignorant beginner as "a. journalist, Avithout experience in hi? business as Journalist ancl so deficient' in mental capacity a's .to, be unfil tp conduct such a husiricss or any other business. It is alleged/alsb that, plaintiff had suffered loss and damage to his reputation as a Journalist by reason of such publication. . /,”/."
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 13, 31 August 1911, Page 6
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148JOURNALISTIC LIBEL ACTION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 13, 31 August 1911, Page 6
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