Charge Of Libel.
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Tahiti Resident and Islands Book.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Tahiti, Oct. 10.
IT may be of interest to literary men, and to publishers in particular, to learn that the author of the recent book “Islands Under the Wind,” Mr.
Hasholt Davis, and his publishers, the Longmans Green Co., are being sued for libel by Mr. John R. Farnham, of Pa peete and Moorea, on account of certain statements made about him in that book.
Suit is being brought locally against Mr. Davis for 100,000 francs damages, and the hearing, which was set for Sep tember 29, has been postponed on plea of defendant’s counsel until November 3, 1933. The proceedings against the publishers are being prosecuted by Mr.
Farnham’s attorneys in the United States.