LIBEL ON POLITICIANS.
LONDON PAPER PAYS DAMAGED ( By Telegraph.—Press Awn.—Copyright. Received Nov. 14, 7.55 p.m. ' London, Nor. 12; The Daily News paid each plaintiff l 250 guineas and costs in connection with, the libel against Mr. Austen Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Mr. Walter Long (First Lord of the Admiral'ty), Sir Auckland Geddes (President of the Board of Trade), and Sir Erio Geddes (Minister for Transport).—Au».N.Z. Cable Assn. [Towards the end of July these four politicians issued writs against the Daily News for statements relating to their investments in Russian securities. The Daily News admitted that ite statements were foundationless that Mr. Walter Long, Sir Eric Geddes, and Mr. Austen Chamberlain had increased their holdings in Russian shares since the revolution, or even since the armistice, and unreservedly apologised for the statements, which first appeared in the Nation, against which Sir Auckland ueddes issued a writ.]
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1919, Page 4
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146LIBEL ON POLITICIANS. Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1919, Page 4
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