On November 15, defendants wrongfully terminated the employment by notice in writing and refused to employ plaintiff any longer, The claim was made up of remuneration due to plaintiff from November 1 to December 14 and from December 15 to March 31, 1038.
Plaintiff stated in evidence that the first person he saw in connection with the campaign was Mr, Lam, Sub-Manager of the Bank of China. That was in August last, when he gave Mr. Lam a rough idea of the campaign. at the same time mentioning compensation at the end of it and allowance to carry on in the meantime.
A few days later he saw Mr, Chen, fourth defendant, on the introduction of Mr, Lam, and in the course of the interview it was stated that the Committee in charge of the sale would appropriate a temporary sum of $2,000 to spend in advertising, etc. There was no mention of any fees but he was given to understand that he would receive a very generous allowance at the end of the campaign, plus, of course, substantial remunera ation for the time being. It was also mentioned that the campaign would terminate on March 31.
Cockloft as Office Subsequently, he was given a cockloft in the Bank of China building to use as office, and on or about October 4 he saw Mr. Chen again in connection with the posters, one of which was in Chinese and the other only a rough sketch, As regards the posting up of the Chinese poster he was to get permission, and he saw Mr. Sin, the legal adviser to the Committee, and went with him to the S.C.A, for the purpose. On October 6, he received a letter from Mr. Sin telling him the places where the poster was to bg put up, The rough sketch was later substituted by one bearing three planes and a house on fire. After this was approved, he made an order with the Rumford Printing Press for 10,000 copies at a cost of $385.
Prior to that, the S.C.A, had objected to the putting up of the Chinese poster, and the wording of it. Previously, he had been given to understand by Mr. Sin that the S.C.A, approved of it, but in fact hey never did.
I hope plaintiff will remember he is on oath, He will get into serious trouble if he says such things again, interposed Mr. Sin, 1 am not telling lies, replied plaintiff, who then went on to say that on seeing the Third Assistant at the S.C: A, he was told that no "permission had been given to Mr. Sin. The Assistant further told him that so far as the SCA, were concerned they would not prosecute but he could not say what the Police would do.
The bill for the second poster was paid by Mr. Chen on October 30, Mr. Chen had never told him he had exceeded his authority in ordering the posters, which he left at the Bank of China. He had since seen them exhibited in the China Emporium and various shops in Wanchai,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.