Lengthy Litigation.
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Booth V. Booth.
From Our Own Correspondent.
RABAUL, August 25.
CONSIDERABLE interest is centring around the Booth litigation, which has every indication of being one of the most important cases before the Central Court for some years.
Mr. V. A. Florance is appearing for the plaintiff (Mr. Chas. “Yorkie” Booth), while Messrs. A. McLennan and A. Kelly are for the defendant (Mrs. Doris Booth).
The case, as yet, is only part heard.
Mrs. Booth’s book, “Mountains, Gold and Cannibals,” has been mentioned in the case and will, in all probability, be quoted somewhat extensively.
The evidence, according to the plain tiff’s counsel, when outlining the case, will bring out interesting and absorbing facts regarding the pioneer life on the Morobe Goldfield, and the procedures adopted in the early days of the fields.