QUEENSLAND PREMIER'S LIBEL ACTION.
— * ALLEGED USE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ELECTIONS. By TcferaDh—Press Aesociation-OoDyrleM Brisbane, November 26. In tho Brisbane libel action Denham against derricks, defendant denied that when returning thanks at tho declaration of tho poll ho charged Mr. Denham with using Government money to fight the Labour Party. What he said was that public money had been used. Ho Keforred to Mr. Denham's use of special trains. > Witness, cross-examined, said: "I am certain the paper did not report tho remark accurately. I novor troublo to correct mistakes made by the press." Ho quoted transactions of the Denham Brothers to show that tho present system of distribution was a largo factor in .the increased cost of living.
Tho Hon. Frank Denham, Premier of Queensland, and Messrs. Denham Bros., produce merchants, are claiming £!XOO in each ca?o from Senator Myles Ferricks,. for alleged defamation, contained in statements made by Senator derricks during the Federal election campaign regarding Messrs. Denham Bros.' dealings with a customer of the plaintiffs. It is also alleged that Senator Ferricks said at the declaration of the poll that Government money had "been used to fight the Labour candidates.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1917, 27 November 1913, Page 7
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192QUEENSLAND PREMIER'S LIBEL ACTION. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1917, 27 November 1913, Page 7
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