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A champion Hit - I was obsessed with an idea to fight a Chinaman. I have always felt hostile to Chinamen and at the time I was excited with liquor.". This was the explanation given by a young Waihi miner, Edward Ernest Thompson, to an arresting constable after he had punched Ham Sing, a laundryman, causing a wound over the bridge of the nose about an inch long and a quarter of an inch deep. The blow also fractured the small bones of the nose and caused severe bruises round , the right eye. Accused, who pleaded guilty to the assault, was committed to the Supreme Court at Auckland for sentence NZ Truth , Issue 1197, 8 November 1928, Page 9
That is what a young Waihian named Edward Ernest Thompson, had to pay for his playfulness with ' a Celestial named Ham Sing on a Sunday night not Icing ago. EDWARD cannot stand the sight of a Chinaman. When he sees one walking along the street he experiences an almost uncontrollable desire to smite the Celestial. When he gets a few drinks in, this desire becomes something of an obsession and it was unfortunate for Ham Sorry Spectacle Sing that Edward had a few m when he happened to pass his shop on that Sunday night.,Edward rapped at the door and on the Chinaman appearing: in the entrance, Edward shot out a straight right and made Ham sing all right. NZ Truth , Issue 1206, 10 January 1929, Page 7
That is what a young Waihian named Edward Ernest Thompson, had to pay for his playfulness with ' a Celestial named Ham Sing on a Sunday night not Icing ago. EDWARD cannot stand the sight of a Chinaman. When he sees one walking along the street he experiences an almost uncontrollable desire to smite the Celestial. When he gets a few drinks in, this desire becomes something of an obsession and it was unfortunate for Ham Sorry Spectacle Sing that Edward had a few m when he happened to pass his shop on that Sunday night.,Edward rapped at the door and on the Chinaman appearing: in the entrance, Edward shot out a straight right and made Ham sing all right. NZ Truth , Issue 1206, 10 January 1929, Page 7