The Judge expressed the opinion that the difficulty of obtaining fresh employment could not be taken into consideration in assessing damages in a case like the present. He found that the plaintiff was entitled to recover damages in respect of the loss of a free second-class passage to England which, though offered by the defendants, the plaintiff had refused for the reason that he ad wished to rema in the Far' East in order to prosecute his claim for wrongful dismissal by the de-
Regarding the plaintiff's claim for ill pay_and compensation for loss benefit to his health during six months' leave, due after five years' completed service with the de-lants, the Judge held that the defendants never agreed to grant officers home leave, except on condition that they returned to their employ. Full pay was in the nature of & concession, to which the defendants were entitled to attach auch conditions as they thought proper.
The Judge further observed that there was nothing in the agreement between the plaintiff and the Uefendants expressly binding the latter to continue the former in their em-might be entitled to obtain such advantages as pension rights or home leave. Moreover, by the terms of the agreement, it could be terminated by three months' notice on either side.
'The defendants' counsel mentioned that the Company had fought the qqse_merely upon principle: they not wish to penalize Captain Kettlewell, and waived their right to costs.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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