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From the Courts...

Students' Association Vice-president Steve Underwood, has threatened the Wellington Training College Students' Association with court action over a letter published in its weekly newsheet.

In a letter from Underwood's solicitor, Mr P. Boshier, the editors of the newsheet, Michael Howley and Audrey Young, are informed of comments made in "Newsheet 7" which are alleged to be defammatory.

The comments are made by a person writing under the nom-de-plume of "W.P.". Apparently there had been some previous correspondence relating to the sale of bean bags at Training College by John Leydon, and insinuations that he was seleling them for his own profit.

However, in Newsheet 7 John Leydon explained that he wasn't making any personal gains from the slae, but that the profit was going to a Training College "elective" (weekly optional courses).

In a letter following this, the original accuser "W.P." admitted that he/she had made a mistake in attacking John Leydon, but insinuated that Steve Underwood was certainly "engaging in a private fund raising effort" and that he was doing this behind the bake of the Students' Association.

Below we reprint the letter. Salient will be interested in the eventual outcome.