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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRI
BANVARD ACTRESS.
JUDGE'S COMMENT ON THEATRICAL CONTRACT,
In the Calcutia High Court recently Miss Molly Maguire, theatrical artist. brought. a suis for wrongful dismissal against Mr. W.R. Banvard, of the Banvard Musical Comedy Company. Mr. H.E. Smith, business manager for the company, was examined de bene case,
but I can't any for certain, though I have in idén that Mr. Marks must have referred the contract to tho Actors Guild, :"
His Lordship: Can you tell me why a fortnight's notice was pro- vided for?--It would be necessary in case of insobriety or miscon duct or if the artists were not, up to the standard for which they were engaged,
Mr. Justice Costello: According to you they are brought out on trial and their employment deter- mined if they are not found Mr. H. C. Bonnerjee, for the de- sultable. The party spends money fendant said that plantiff entered and comes out and directly she is into a contract with defendant on in Bombay you can give a fort Sept. 8, 1928, In England. There night'a notice. Is that reasonable? was a provision in the contract-The dresses are not necessarily that plaintiff's services could bo dispensed with on a fortnight's
nolice.
stage dressca. The management like to see the artists well dreased In the street as well as on the stage.
Mias Maguire did not appear on Continuing, witness said that the stage on Dec. 17. There was some consternation and then a discussion after which spicone elso took her part.
Did you see Mies, Maguire before?—Yes,
The party, including plaintiff, came to Bombay and gave a per- formance. On Nov. 6, 1928, the manageress of the company gave plaintiff notice terminating the contract. She WAS, however. allowed to stay on as some one interceded on her behalf. She came to Calcutta where she re-
What fe your opinion of her? ceived a verbal notice asking her to leave by a steamer on Dec. 19. She is an inexperienced and weak
artist. Hin Lordship referred to the con- His Lordship: The manage tract and said that it seemed to ment may give her different parts him to be an extraordinary one,The artists are not selected for The artist had to provide for any particular part but must accept dresson. valued at £100 and the any part given to them.. management could give her notice the next moment,
Mr. J. C. Hazra, for plaintiff: How are artists engaged in | Lundon? They are seen in the
rehearsal room but it is difficult to snap an artist from rehearsals, When they appear on the public stage they may be very different
Dressing Well,
Mr. Justice Costelle: Mr. Lew Marka (defendant's agent in Lon- don) must have been satisfied that the plaintiff was reasonably com- petent for the
company. You
What provision is made for an artist's medical expenses-Wo have a doctor in every town. We! pay the hospital fees if the ac- rident is not of their own secking His Lordship: What do you mean? Whoever does seek accident?-
an
There havo been
cases where girls have gone out swimming, much against the wishes of the management. In one case a girl was thus incapacitated for ten days. Even then we paid for the billa.
9, 1929.
HOTEL VICTIM,
FUNERAL OF GENERAL CHAN MING-SHU'S SECRETARY.
Pokhoi, Mar. 30.
Tho remains of the late Mr. Chung Hal-san, Secretary to General Chan Ming-shu, who was killed. in the King Edward Hotel. March 28. The coffin was fire at Hongkong, arrived here on
con-
eyed to Pakhol from Hongkong by steamer.
Yesterday, the leading officials, merchants and representatives of various local organisations parti- eipated in an impressive procON. cion as a mark of respect to the
deceased, whe, previous to his. appointment as Secretary to Can eral Chan, held the office of Magistrate of this, the Hoppo dia- trict,
Immediately on arrival, the coffin was placed outside the Lung Wong Temple, but yesterday It was removed to a more appro- priate building near the ex-German Consulate for interment. As the mournful procession slowly wend- ed its way through the streets, crackers were fired. Among the many objects of interest ocen war a large portrait of the deceased. A military brass band was also Included in the procession. Mr. Chung was a native of Namhong, a town not far from here.
March 29 also happened to be Good Friday and the anniversary commemoration of the Yellow Flower Hill's Seventy-Two Heroes. It is strange that these various mournful events should coincide.
would lose its right to dismissa her later on the ground of un- suitability,
His Lordship said that looking- The Right To Dismiss.
superficially into the contract it) make the contract for a period of
At this stage His Lordship seemed that once the management eight months and then can give referred to the contract and said had failed to dismiss an artist in two weeks notice? I think that that there was a provision to the England for unsuitability they the contract was approved in Eng-effect that unless the artist was would be precluded from taking land by the Actors Guild for India found unsuitable in England and advantage
dismissed there the management] notice
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