A NEWSPAPER CASE.
ACTION FOR DAMAGES. By Telegraph—Press Association. ,„, , Wellington', Yesterday. _ I lie hearing of the action Llovd Cox, journalist, v. Peter Heyes and* Joseph McCluggage, a claim for £«7 with interest and damages, is occupying the attention of the Supreme Court, "phiin'tiff was appointed toconduct the Whangarei Advocate, taken over from Mr .Manlier, M.P., by defendants. ■ The two qualifications required were that plaintiff should possess the good will of Sir Joseph Ward, then Premier, who was interested in the paper, ana invest. £SOO in the business. In' due course n company was ' registered. The paper ran two years, when it is alleged Heyes drew out of the working account large of money, giving Sir Slander a promissory note in the nanie of the company for £250, the balance of the purchase-money. The business was heing penalised by the transfer of the money to Wellington, uxicv defendant. (mortgaged the assets of the company' to J. D. Seivwrisht for £2OOO and proceeded to pay disputed claims. Plaintiff claimed for the difference in the value of his shares, thus brought about, with interest and damages.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 259, 31 March 1914, Page 8
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183A NEWSPAPER CASE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 259, 31 March 1914, Page 8
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