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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 2
[trade dispatches]
Melbourne is afflicted with another « society » weekly. We are sorry to see the name of Mr Garnet Walch associated with the concern.
The libel action brought against the Auckland Herald by Mr Larnach is to be heard in Wellington at the January sittings of the Supreme Court, before a special jury.
According to the Wanganui Herald, Mr C. D. Whitcombe, who has in the course of the past few years been connected with several North Island papers, is now on the staff of the Melbourne Argus.
The Dunedin daily Herald and weekly Advertiser concern was sold for £970, including the book-debts, plant, copyright, and press association rights. The total loss in nine years amounts to £27,500.
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Mr H. Campbell, an Irish M.P., has instituted an action for libel against The Times, for having charged him with writing the celebrated Parnell letters, in his capacity of private secretary to Mr Parnell.
A most extraordinary petition has been presented to the Parliament of Western Australia by the proprietors of the Western Australian newspaper. They allege that for the past five years they have been plundered, persecuted, insulted, and assailed in the basest manner, both by public speakers and other journals, and they cannot obtain any redress, owing to the animosity displayed towards them by Chief Justice Onslow.
On the 23rd inst., Mr John Martin, publican, of Wellington, again attempted to recover damages from the Evening Post for an alleged libel on the 8th November last. The action was brought against Mr Gillon, the editor, £1000 being claimed, and was heard before Mr Justice Richmond. The jury, after being locked up for three hours, failed to agree, and were discharged by consent. A second action by the same plaintiff, against Blundell Bros., the proprietors of the Post, was withdrawn.
The Auckland Herald is threatened with another libel action. The committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the Bank of New Zealand in their report reflected upon the management of the Adelaide branch at the time Mr H. Law was in charge. Mr Law attended a subsequent meeting to vindicate himself. The Herald expressed the opinion that Mr Law « was not a fit man to be entrusted with the control of a bank in an important place like Adelaide. » Mr Law has instructed his solicitors to proceed against the newspaper for libel, claiming the handsome sum of £10,000 damages. He intends also to « have the law » of the bank's committee, against whom he has instituted a second action—damages £20,000.