LIBEL ACTION SUCCEEDS.
VICTORY FOR MR. J. H. THOMAS, M.P. By Telegraph.—Press Asan.—Copyright. ' Received Dec. 4, 5.5 p.m. London, Dec. 2. In the libel action against the paper Communist Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., the well-known Labor leader, was awarded £2OOO damages. No evidence was called for the defence. Judge Darling,, summing up, said defendants meant to drive Mr. Thomas out, which would mean downright ruin. Referring to the miners’ dispute he said at one time such acts were illegal. They had seen how thin was the partition dividing trade union disputes from disputes which became in a moment a bloody revolution. Mr. Thomas’ position was ambiguous and difficult. He was acting with men who were avowed revolutionary communists, but Mr. Thomas did not associate himself with their objects.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1921, Page 4
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129LIBEL ACTION SUCCEEDS. Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1921, Page 4
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