£50,000 CLAIM

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 98, 12 May 1937, Page 7

£50,000 CLAIM

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Insurance Companies Law statements

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BH»T. ? - H£C'| ' SYDNKT, May 11. - ^HSrn action for libel and slander im HKeh ihe Australian Provincial Assur-j HHttV'Association is claiming £50,0001 ffilptges from the Colonial Mutual Life' SSHfeuranco Society was mentioned in' ®H».Supremo Coilrt on an application by I^Ht defendant company to amend a BBRSb declaration filed states that both SpPffintigs and defendanta issued a group ^^BygSurance policies utider which both ^^^»ved large sums from the employees 'New Soulh Wales Govermnent ™»tways many of whom were membera Australian Railwgys TJnion. gjag^AjLnti^s complained fhat defendanta ®m||l'shed an article containing a state^^PLt, that ifc had como to the knowHKge of the union and many of its i^ghches that unscriipulous agents were ^^ducing copies of "The Eailroad". they approached railway workers were stating that they represented B^mjtual non-shareholding life society ^gpmmended by the ' Australian Rail l^^ys Union. Wt was stated that the article de^^wred that many of the union Js mem«^g3 had been misled and had taken ®g^.icies of little value with officesi TOsBnitely not endorsed by the union.! complained that aertain state-! iteents meant inter alia that a person,' jwas unwise to take out a policy with' Iplaintiffs. * Defendanta denied the allegations jand pleaded not guilty. ■ ^ The application concerned an additional plea to which the Court allowed an amendment and ordered plaintiffs to pay defendanta' costs of the application. '•"j, ■ ■ '.I