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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 152, 23 December 1911, Page 9 (Supplement)

Tn the Supreme Court at TTobart, Mr Bond. M.L.C.. proceeded against the TTobart Mercury, claiming £ 50(10 damages for alleged libel contained in a, paragraph which appcaed in the Mercury of August .">. headed "Passing Notes on Things in j Ociicral.'' as follows:- -"It is very amusing to watch the efforts of some men to win the favor of working men by a little cheap advertisement, while getting always some solid advantage for themselves. One well-known fTohart business man was in the domain last Sunday afternoon when the collection was being made lo pay the lines of the men who had been pro-eculed for ,breaches of the Masters and Sen an Is Act. With some ostentation. be threw a sovereign into 1 he ring saying, iln on, boys; you've a good cause. Stick to it." A few days afterwards a working man siuck him up on the wharf. "1 suppose, Mr he said, "you thought, you were doing a smart thine.' in (browing a, sovereign in among us on Sunday, but we know you. You're one of those •ienpenuy load' men." The. man who relates tile story explains that not, only does the generous donor pay tenpenee a load, lint he makes men take about a ton and :i half to the load. It is very easy for such a man to be generous to the exleiit ol a sovereign. J think lie might have made it five, and still have been a winner." The jury returned a verdict for plaintilf, damages one penny. Notice of appeal was given.