Peter Grain,' the hearing was concluded of an action in which Mr. G, 'T, Lloyd claim= from the Shanghai Mercury, Lad, {in voluntary lguidaton) $3,000 so damages for alleged wrongful He claimed that on or about November cly 109%, by 'a. verbal fagceoment. cnteved' into "between himself and the directors of th paper he was appointed editor at a Monthly salary of $600 and that in consequence of ' resolution. to. 50 into voluntary liquidation passed by the directors on' June 11, 1080, he was dismissed teem such post on 'August 2, 1090, at 80 davy" notice instead of the' six months' which was the customary and/or fait and cassonable notice to the editor of a foreign newspaper in Shanghai.
'The defence was tu the form of general denial of liability for the amount claimed on the ground that {nan exchange of correspondence en April 10, 1026, with the then Managing-Director of the' pape Me. W. ds Davey, Mle. Lloyd had agreed' to accept three month Rotice in the event of his dismissal. Alternatively, it. was pleaded that Me. Lloyd had never formally been appointed editor of the paper and 0 could not be subject to the terms fof any revised employment con: tact, verbal or otherwise, and that disniseal on August 2, in terms of's letter dated August 1, was fait find equitable.
As an addendum, it was pleaded! that the sum of 81,800, the equivale ent of Uhre months? salary" on the monthly taxis claimed, had. been paid into Court in. satisfaction of Bil claim on the liquidators.
"Tudment was given in favour of Me Lloyd for $1,600, the equivalent of three months salary.
CCounsal: Mr. Tycho Wing for Mx, Lioyil; Me. MIN, Reader Harris for the Shanghai "Mercury Lid." (la ing evidence, Mr. Lloyd said] PA: that he had been' in Shanghai for 18 or 14 years. He first joined the 'Mercury in April, 1926, under Mr. W, J. Davey, then Editor-in-Chief and' Managing Director. Mis! duties under Mr. Davey had_been to assist in publishing and printing] the paper. When Bir. Davey left the paper about November, 1927, its sale to Messrs. Cumine & Ca. he assumed editorial authority. At mooting hold at the offices of Messrs. Cumine & Ca. on November:
4, 1927, he had been definitely ap. pointed Editor and a Mr. Begden
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