Sin Eric Phipps,' retiring Ambassador to France, yesterday arriv-Continuation of Hearing in H. M. Supreme Court ed in London from Paris, In Which Builder Sues for $118,084 "Turzb wil be a celebration of Holy Communion in the Bubbling Well Chapel today at 10.30 a.m, Loh Nan-tsao, Chinese contractor, was resumed before Judge of the suit brought against Mr. R. M. Joseph by Mr.
a C. B, Thomson, of the Texas Sir Allan Mossop in H. M. Supreme Court yesterday. Mr. Loh Ca, in Shanghai, and Mrs, is suing Mr. Joseph for $118,084.55 alleged due plaintiff for labour the President Pierce after a holiday returned to Shanghai in and material for the construction of an apartment building on Avenue Joffre. The plaintiff was represented by Mr. M. Reader in Japan, Harris while counsel for defendant was Mr. J. R. Jones.
Mb, C. E. Meyer, general man-Mr. Jones continued his cross-examination of plaintiff, attempt-agi of the Standard-Vecuum ON ing to establish that he had not lived up to the terms of the his Wife arrived in Shanghai im the Company of Japan, accompanied b; original contract and that he was not entitled to any extra amount, Pierce for a short above that stipulated in the contract, to remunerate him for increased cost of materials.
Under the terms of the contract for a certificate to collect the regular Mrs. Anita House, better known signed on June 12, 1937, work on the payment, to Messrs. Brooke, Davies as Miss Anita Page, former screen star, passed through Shanghai ín building was to be completed by Gran, the architects. Mr. Brooke the President Pierce en route to) June 16, 1938. The hostilities in told the plaintiff that he would check Shanghai put a stop to the work for the statement before issuing the certi-Manila {o join her husband, Lieut, a time and it was resumed on ficate, and also asked for assurances Herschel A. House, U.S.' Naval March 14, 1938. On May 20, the that the work would be carried on officer stationed in the Philippines, plaintiff said, work on the foundation and that materials would be brought of the building was completed and he to the site.
Mr, Shao Hwa, a member of the cpm. Government es Chungking forwarded a statement of the work Adjustment Requested a concurrently, principal of the done, together with an application 8th National Middle School, arrived In answer to this request for assurances, stated Mr. Jones, the plaintiff in Kweiyang, Kweichow, from addressed a letter to the architects on Yunnan, en route to'Chungking on 24, says the "Sin Wan
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