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Post by NZBC on Feb 15, 2011 22:25:36 GMT 12
A. Chinaman,. Kong Fong by name,, was an exhibitor »t the Masterton* show. He competed in the section for vegetables. H© carried off many awards, but he dXd not have it all his own way. , The judge considered that Mrs W. B. Chennells exhibited a better collection of vegetables and a finer lot of carrots, while Mr M. Caselberg defeated him in several classes. In the school section a juvenile Celestial conipeted, but unsuccessfully, in a class for a collection of potatoes. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13641, 26 February 1908, Page 7
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Post by NZBC on May 1, 2011 15:44:52 GMT 12
Chinese Shopkeeper Fined.
' (Per United Press Association.) MASTEETON, August 14.
At the Court this morning, boforc Mr W. P. James, S.M., a Chinaman named Uea Gen was fined 10s, and costs 7s, for supplying cigarettes to a boy under 15 years of age.- The boy was charged with smoking, and was convicted and discharged. The same Chinaman was also charged with keeping his shop open after the hours fixed by requisition of the shopkeepers. Defendant, who carried on business- as a grocer and fruiterer, divided his shop by a. wooden partition, one part being closed, and the other kept open. Tlie S.M. held that the two compartments were one shop within the meaning of the. Act, and imposed a fine of Is and costs 7s. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11636, 14 August 1905, Page 7
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