ACTION FOR LIBEL.
A MAORI MISSIONARY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Masterton, Last Night. A unique libel action was heard in the Supremo Court to-day, before the Chief Justice, when a local native named Taiawhio Tetau claimed £5Ol damages for libel against Father Delach, a wellknown Roman Catholic missionary priest, on account of an article published in the Maori paper Te Whare Kura. of whjch defendant is editor. Plaintiff is head bishop of the religious organisation known as "The Seven Rules of Jehovah," and as such wears a garb which resembles a bishop's attire of the Anglican Church. Defendant published a statement in the Te Whare Kura which was held to ridicule the bishop, by alleging that he was "a woodhen in peacock's feathers." The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, and awarded £5 damages. Costs were allowed on the lowest scale.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 113, 28 September 1912, Page 5
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140ACTION FOR LIBEL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 113, 28 September 1912, Page 5
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