LIBEL ACTION.
DAMAGES AGAINST NEWSPAPER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. ) Wellington, Last Night. In the libel action, the Rev. J. K. Archer v. the New Zealand Times, in which plaintiff claimed £l5OO damages, the jury’ found that statements in a leader that plaintiff was a revolutionary communist were defamatory, while the balance of the editorial was fair comment on statements made by the Chancellor (Sir Robert Stout). Plaintiff was awarded £5O damages, with coats on the lowest scale.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1921, Page 5
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76LIBEL ACTION. Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1921, Page 5
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