At H.M. Supremen Court on Monday, before Mr. G. W. King, Registrar, Jackson Cheng sued the Hongkong Mercantile Ca., Ld., for $150, one month's salary in lieu of notice.
Mu Kentwell appeared for plaintiff and Mr. R. T. Bryan for defendants.
Mr. Kentwell informed the Court that plaintiff was employed by defendants as manager of a department, end he was dismissed on Novenber 30 with less than 24 hours' notice. Other employees received a month's salary, and the manager had put in a claim for six months' salary.
Mr. Bryan said the facts were substantially admitted, but the company was in liquidation and the claim should have been made to the liquidator. There were no funds in Shanghai, but if the claim were proved no doubt it, would be paid.
In answer to the Registrar, Mr Bryan admitted that there has been discrimination between employees in Hongkong and those in Shanghai, but he could not explain why this had been done.
Lau Tak-poo, who said he was attorney to the liquidator. gave evidence that the co.pany had ao assets in Shanghai. There were three men employed in the office here, the office furniture was worth $300 or $400, and Ts. 75 was the monthly rent. Witness himself received $500 a month. He not say what had been dose regard to payment in this case.
The Registrar:—"'You are their attorney. You ought to- know. They seem to be paying you quite a handsome salary.'' They seemed also to have been playing off Hongkong against Shanghai. the Registrar added, and it was ery unsatisfactory state of affairs. It was a hardship on plaintiff, but he was afraid he must give a decision for! the company, since he must hold that the notice of liquidation (dated November was a notice of dismissal to plai For driving a motor cycle at 40 to 45 miles an hour along the Bubbling Well Road, B. Khrenioff, employed at the Russo-Asiatic Bank, was fined $5 by Mr. lvanofft at the Mixed Court last Friday. Police witnesses declared that he refused to stop, when called upon to do so by an Inspector in plain clothes. The defendant said he was driving at from 36 to 38 miles an hour. He did not refuse to pull up. The officer who signalled to him was not in uniform. It was pointed out to the Bench by the alice that a special order had been issued by the Commissioner empowering members of the force to.stop this sort of thing should they have occasion to do so, even when not on duty. The defendant had Previously been warned against riving at excessive speed.
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