A LADY EDITOR,
Australia has a lady editor In the rors n of Agnes MoDonald of tho Sunny Corner Free Prsss ; bat Ihe experUnsnfc m jouraaliem dees not appear to be quite acccestful. At Bathurst District Conrt recently the ir edi'resa wei sued for £200 damages for libellous statements pnblished concerning Sarah Ann Holman. The Judge, m giving * verdict for £100 and cost?, said that the libel was a mere string of unftrammatical aboso, and he was glad to hear defendant Bay aha had not written it, for if she had It was a libel on the name of woman. As editress she had Bhown gro-B negligence m per* milting the paragraphs and articles to appear. It was shown m evidonoe that a quarrel had arisen between Agnes and Mary Ann out of some amateur theatricals, In whioh plaintiff and defendant wore rival?. Ff rainine jealousy will prove the death blow to the employment of ladieß as editors.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1494, 28 February 1887, Page 3
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158A LADY EDITOR, Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1494, 28 February 1887, Page 3
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