NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1744, 8 May 1913, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Tolograpli.—Pros® Association,)

WRIT ALLEGING LIBEL. CLAIM OF .€IOOO ON NEWSPAPER. Dunedin, May 7. A writ, claiming £1000 for aliened libel, lias been issued by Andrew Fairbairn, of Fairbairn, "Wright, and Co., Christ■church, against the "Otago Daily Times, for statements contained m three letters written to the editor some months 1 ago, commenting on proceeding relating » the Cost, of Living Commission. The trial will take nlace in Christchurch. Mr. Striii'vi- K.C.. has been retained for plaintiff and Mr. W. C. MacGreßor for the newspaper. CABMAN'S BASE ACT. THE STOKY 01? A "JOY RIDE." Auckland, May T. In the ease ■of Emil Hansen against Michael Leonard, cab-driver, claiming i£s2, being balance of £i 5, which plaintiff entrusted to defendant on a joy ride" extending over some days, Jin Kettle, S.M., gave judgment for plaintiff for MO. He said the affair was disgraceful. from start to finish. who was foolish in liquor, had handed over a large sum to a cabman who had betrayed his trust. The Magistrate added that he had no sympathy with the plaintiff, and regretted he could not hand the money to a charitable institution. killed whilst logging. Auckland, May 7. The police received information t<Mjar that a Maori named H. Cook was killed early in. the day at Umawera through being jammed between two logs w nu<* engaged ill logging.