Post by NZBC on Jan 15, 2011 16:42:38 GMT 12
But when John Chinaman is discovered PURSUING THE FILTHY PRACTICES that were revealed during the hearing of a case at New Plymouth last week, it is time to seize John by his yellow ear and boot it m to him with the heaviest fine allowable by Statute. In fact, gaol would be too clean for him.
Couched ln the respectable phraseology of the Court, the charge l against the defaulting Chinaman m question, one Ah Wing, was that "on February 1 he used a receptacle intended for the storage of food for sale for purposes likely to contaminate the food and affect its wholesomeness or cleanliness, and further with failing to keep the receptacle clean and free from odors.This sounds innocent- enough, but just wait till you hear what it really means as conveyed by the evidence.
Mr. A. A. Bennett had something to say for the Chinese concerned m the case. He could have hardly pleased his clients when he said that no one but a Chinaman would have been guilty of such an act. Ah Wing, however, was not the. manager of the shop where the littlo indelicacy took place. He was only an assistant. The owrier Ah Ping, was the real sufferer, for during the last few days he might have had his shop shut altogether, for no one came near it. Which shows that the good folk of New Plymouth are at least very discriminating. Ah Wing would have to go that very day. Ah Ping had made up his mind about that. NZ Truth , Issue 847, 18 February 1922, Page 5
Couched ln the respectable phraseology of the Court, the charge l against the defaulting Chinaman m question, one Ah Wing, was that "on February 1 he used a receptacle intended for the storage of food for sale for purposes likely to contaminate the food and affect its wholesomeness or cleanliness, and further with failing to keep the receptacle clean and free from odors.This sounds innocent- enough, but just wait till you hear what it really means as conveyed by the evidence.
Mr. A. A. Bennett had something to say for the Chinese concerned m the case. He could have hardly pleased his clients when he said that no one but a Chinaman would have been guilty of such an act. Ah Wing, however, was not the. manager of the shop where the littlo indelicacy took place. He was only an assistant. The owrier Ah Ping, was the real sufferer, for during the last few days he might have had his shop shut altogether, for no one came near it. Which shows that the good folk of New Plymouth are at least very discriminating. Ah Wing would have to go that very day. Ah Ping had made up his mind about that. NZ Truth , Issue 847, 18 February 1922, Page 5