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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1347, 6 January 1905, Page 3

The Auokland Observer-states t—lt is a l thousand pities that the slander action of 1 Df do Clive Lowe v. Francis Crespin - was settled out of the Supreme Court last week, becauso there is a serious moral under! y ing the facts of this case, and also because the public interest demanded the publication of the story, :, It w too much the fashion to use the telephone for paltry and senseless jokes, but fortunately these jokes do not often - take the offensive character iof the one in question. However, tho case furnishes a warning. It proves that though j the message bn the telephone may bo of I the same character as the anonymous | I letter; there is this difference, that the I telephone Authorities can at least identify I the particular telephone used. . Herein I lies a danger to telephone subscribers who I dp not send offensive, messages to ladies themselves, but who carelessly leave their J offices open, and thus unintentionally place I their telephones at the disposal , of indivi* J'duals; whlv’are given- to such a despicahls. -J method 0.3 joking, Vvivifc Vi i t'VT: KV- X ■- Vi-/•■'■