THE LIBEL LAW.
QUESTION TO I'RIME MINISTER. The Prime Minister is to bo asked hi Mr. Payne, in tlie House of Represen tatives,* whether ho will this session in traduce legislation to amend the law re latino to libel so that no journal o; newspaper may publish matter relatinj to any person which may injure sucl person in any way lor hold 'him up t( contempt and ridicule. In an appendec note he expresses the opinion that in : recent Auckland case an elderly gentle man was unfairly and without causi held up to ridicule and contempt, am during the course of tlie action,' lu adds, the plaintiff was further held ui to ridicule and contempt. Finally Mr Payne alleges that there aro a nuuibe: of journals now published in this Do minion which have the power to lev.' blackmail by reason of th: fact tlia they can approach any individual am ask him for an advertisement, or t< subscribe to such journal, and in tin case of a refusal such journals can pub lisli cartoons and articles holding im tin individual to contempt and ridicnlc.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1841, 29 August 1913, Page 4
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185THE LIBEL LAW. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1841, 29 August 1913, Page 4
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