Directors of the Company held at the Camp: TLonan Koad, Shanghai, at 10 0 forenoon on the second day of Jun
man; Pauehung, Eay.; W. Bert, Boy.
Brow mig. Mow-cher, Eeq., Chair was propusd by Mr. Tong Mow-chee and evconded by Mr. W. Bir That in view of Str.
Huestis conduct which in the opinion most injurious to th tv of the Camp: the Ayents and Secretaries of tke Compan he and they are hereby instructed to d is him from the employ of the Company."
Toxe Mow cites, (Chairman.
ed) W. Birr, (Director.
igned) C. Oawatn Lippet, (Seerctury Mr. Dewoatt— that that is does not even a will observe, xeutlelution proposed, but it was passed. Low. ug to doubt that the well, or my action for w:
Now inasmuch as the charges made what veneral, the Court m o-der, and the def -ndunto supplied particulars re in detail of the grounds upon which the ylxintilf is apposed to have been dismissed. You will 2, gentlemen mulated after large of nut havi that these grounds are ism sal on the vague acted up to the inter-ost of the Company. Bat we now have the particu! et.—Ar. Dowdall then read ug are the particulars given by "pursuant to the order made day ut November lst apon the plaints sum ws tied the 23d day of the same month:
reference to the 5th paragraph of the defend the defend (uring the month of 1882, and prior to the signing of the of the Ist y of August 1882 in the petition the plaintiff informed Tong Muw-ch mow the Chairma of the defendant company, and also Willian Bue id Chuan! Ovwald Liddell now th Agents and Secretaries of the defendant Camp: the, the plaintiff, was a duly qualitied any ner, that he had had eons miderable ex Be count Silk Fdatare or M gers, Rawell & Ca.
reference to the Gti paragraph of anewer the ants may the plaintiti, ly. represent amt the other directors of th pany that a the defeuda have not bes able works and the d the aame; and algo that th of April, at the expe stone, whereas all that was wanted for tle the defendants busi ie; amt also that expense 23 tone of teat for was afew the of suffered the of the defen fire-clay, whereas li thy purpose of the said business attics; and also that the negligently superintended the the Jand ultimately Vought for the defendants' works, that he kien emptoyel to make an excavation within the wald amd the defendants were afterwards put eepenne in filling up thes alo that the jiaintiff fail"d to make ts were obliged employ and pay an architect to make such ami to, intend the erection of the works and algo that the plaintiff failed truck a furixce other appliances te fur experi nts whi important for the defendants to make, or "quently the defendants were put to ex-perine and were delayed in their undertaking: and also th:
the plaint ff, after hi:
before the t ly neglected the de-on aoveral occani nct tows and algo towards the said Willian Birt and Charles Oswald Liddell, and was frequently luier the influence of intoxicating —With reference to the 7th paragraph of defendants' answer the defendants say that on thy of Slay, 1883, at the premises Gritton an pted to strike the wald William Birt that on the 2ud of June, 1883, the plaintiff, being requestd in writing by Messre, Birt & as Agents and Secretaries of the defendant company to deliver to them certain books and papers belonging to the said Company, refused to delver the sam, and on th wald Charles Oswald Liddell on the same day repeating the request personally, the plaintiff again refused to deliver the said books and papers and used violent a with " pistol, Mr. Dowwatt, continuing, axid—The plaintiff will prove that he is x duly quilia that be was admitted as a was duly qualitied, With regard to his experiences in ytase fwctute, he was not engaged as a aiacturer of xlass, but ay an engineer and manager, and was to employ people to make and blow glass. But it is'w fact that he had considerable experience in gla manufacture, because by had glass works and did manufacture glass in Hong. kong. In China altho-h the Chinese brow glass they do not really make it; they only melt glass and reblow it, Bat in Hongkong the plainti' actually mide glass out of suud and other materials, and lig had no one to show him how to make it, 60 that he really had oe siderable experience, It is quite recognised thing that there are a great many secrets in the manufacture of glass, and the makers of gliss any know enough to, manwacture glass in rheic own way, Then the defendants say he informed Me, Tony Mow-chee that he had constructed an ed up a nilk Glare in Shanghai Kusselt and Ca, But Tong Mow-oh auld probably know enough about w fitted up a great building hike the Ne filature to know that it was not Mr, Huestis But he actually did it up to the answer, the plaintiff would say in that it was not he who pointed out this land to the directors, but someone else, and I think he had vever sven this lind, It was ed out by a Me. Li, 'Than they say he bought ton' tons of limestone, wherous all that way wanted waa a few pounds, secs that he did order four or tive tons, and a boat came with ten tons, and the directors sanctioned its purchase, It seems that ten tons would have been used up in w tims that would not be very talk about a fow pounds is rich culows 'Then they aay" that he bought 2B tons of fir-duy, whereas all that wae wanted was x' few caution Tao _lunation is this: there was a" dillieully in getting fire clay, and they were able to obisin this Gwenty-thres tons, but before it war actually delivered some ish fice-clay was obtained, and some worl was done with it. When these twant three tons came, it was found about a quarter of the price of Knglish fireclay. It wax seen by the directors, and with their app oval Thou with regard to the defendants zed to oniploy as architect, was not everyone knew he was not an architect and besides this he was d smixsed before, even the frundativos of the buildings were laid. Then as to the defendant failing ecmatruct an experimental furnsey, it seems that Mr. Grit id he would like to use a furnace like that in hie father's factory at home, He and the plainti considered it together, and sume nodifictions were made in Me. and the furnace was-cor her furnace it is that constructed Lde not know, The next complaints ne that the plainti constantly neglected his that he was quarrelsome and wards Mr, Gritton, Me. Birt and Mr,
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