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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

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A TEACHER'S CLAIM::~ STORY OF AN ALLEGED DEFICIENCY.

Defendant Master Gets Judgment.

A Chinese vernacular school teacher was the plaintiff in an action in the Summary Court yesterday. His name is Hon Yuk- aing, a certifented teacher, and he sued Wong Yee-man, school- master of 57 and 58 Battery Street, Yaumati, for $04.40, being four months salary at $40 a month, legs payment $85.40.

Mr. G. R. Hayward appeared for the plaintif and Mr. C. A. S. Russ for the defendant.

Mr. Hayward rend a letter ro- ceived frem defendant in which he said plaintiff was not capable of correcting Chinese composition and another teacher had to be

for engaged

this work,

for which he had to pay $10 a month, and which amount plain- tiff agreed should be deducted from his wages. The letter set out details followa. Four

months salary for the extru teacher at $10 a month, $40: board and lodging at $13.50 a month, $54; and payment made $66; a total of $160, which was four months' salary at $40 month.

Mr. Hayward added that his client was capable of correcting Chinese composition but had never been asked to do so.

Board in Addition. Plaintif bore this out in evidence. He said the arrange meat was that he was to get his board and lodging in addition to $40 a month. He had received $65.40 and there was due to him $94.60. He taught the first class and he had to teach Chinese com- position. He did not agrev at any time that another teacher should be engaged for this composition and that the latter was to be paid $10 from witness's sulary.

Cross-examined, witness said he was at St. Paul's College before he entered defendant's service

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for his salary from time to time but was put off by defendant, who never suggested that he did not owe plaintiff the money:

Plaintiff

from, $13.50 a month. told him he could not correct Chinese composition and be engaged another teacher to do this In reply to His Honour witness at $10 a month, the amount to be said he was a certificated teacher, deducted from plaintiff's salary. being registered in February last.Plaintiff agreed to this. He had Another teacher from the same paid plaintiff $66. When he did school was called who said plain- so plaintiff did not say there was a balance due and he had never

defendant approached

for balance. He produced a note book corroborating his evidence, which he said was made at the time.

He got $25 a month previously.tir had to teneh all classes. It was never arranged that he should take the fourth and fifth classes. He denied that he ever wont to defendant and said be could not teach Chinese composi- tion. He could teach it.

When he left defendant's employ after four months their accounts. were not settled up. He asked

Defendant's Case.

Defendant, in evidence, snid his contract with plaintiff was that he should be paid $40 a a month and that his board and lodging should he deducted there

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Judgment for the defendant with costs, was entered.

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