A LIBEL ACTION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 93, 20 August 1915, Page 8

A LIBEL ACTION.

AuAiNST NB'wSPAPtfl. Phil f ithoo j-SjUCiAIIUM. Christchurch, August 19. At the Supremo Court to-day the case of Annie Hawke v. Hie Lyttelton Times Company was concluded. Plaintiff claimed £•()! for libel, there being six causes of action set out. The case arose out ol the publication of certain letters, interviews and reports connected \ujxh the Canterbury Patriotic Fufid.lflPollowing were the issues submitted, and the answers returned : I Were the words in tho letter del a - matory ? No. i Was the letter containing the said words published with the consent of plaintiff? No. j if not so published, what is plaintiff entitled to recover? Nil. j Are the words set out in the interview defamatory? Yes. I If “Yes,” wiiat damage, if any?, £IOO. ■ | Were the words set out in the re- ( port of the meeting defamatory to the plaintiff. Yes. j If “Yes,” w,hat damages ? £l5O. | Was the report of the committee meeting of the Patriotic Fund a fair| an'd acurate rep out of the proceedings: of such committee meeting? (A) As (

published in the Star, No; (b) as published in the Lyttelton Times, Y T es. Was the publication for the public benefit? No.