Wairarapa

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PAINFUL ACCIDENT. BOY'S ARM BROKEN".

A. little Chinese boy, named Alexander Wong Moy, son of Mr George Wong , Moy, market gardener, met with a painful accident, just before noon to-day. The little fellow was riding on the vegetable cart with his father, and at the corner of Hall street and Chapel street he fell from his seat to the ground. Tho wheel of the vehicle passed over the boy's arm, which was broken near the elbow. Dr. Cowie. set the fractured limb, and. the boy was taken to his home Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 44, Issue 134053, 23 January 1918, Page 4

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ROBBING A CHINESE GARDEN.

A MIDNIGHT EPISODE.

SALUTARY SENTENCES

THREE MONTHS HARD LABOUR.

Two youns - men named Sydney Worner and James Chisholm, horsetrainers of Opaki, were charged before Mr W. P. James, S.M., at the Masterton Magistrate's Court, this morning, with the theft of a quantity of vegetables valued at ss, the property of Wong Moy aud Chong Loy. Both pleaded not guilty. Worner entered a plea of not guilty to au additional charge of unlawfully throwing stones iv a public place, to wit, Akura-road, to the danger of passers-by. Both were undefended by counsel.

Chong Loy, gardener at Akura. through an interpreter, Ah J_op, said that lately he had been losing vegetables from his garden at night, so he set up a watch. Last night about I_ o'clock, while watching, he heard dogs barkiug and saw two horses tethered to the garden feuce on the Akura-road. He then saw tsvo men m the gardeu aud the night being very clear he recognised accused as them. Tbe Chinese iv the gardeu wero awakened and the accused were then seeu on the fence with the bag of vegetables over the feuce close to tho horses. Witness asked what they were doing there and the reply was "nothing much." One of the acused hit witness on the hands and tho other went away with the horse. The other horse was taken possession of by witness and when its rider came for it witness refused to give it up- The rider thereupon put his hand in his pocket and said he had a revolver with which he would kill the Chinaman. The police were then scut for aud tho horse was kept until the-y came. Worner commenced throwing stones at the group of Chinamen when he was trying to rescue his horse. Though at close range he did not hit anybody. Witness recognised the vegetables iv Court as similar to those iv his gardeu, and trom tho appearance of his garden this morning some had beeu pulled during the night.

Ah Em, who was awakened by last witness, said he saw the two accused at the fence with the bag of vegetables, which he recognised in Court, outside the fence. Witness heard talk of a revolver.

Wong Moy said he was called about, twelve o'clock by oue of the other Chinese, who said that some of thewitness' vegetables had been sroleu. Witness saw the two accused with their horses outside the garden feuce. Woruer's horse was taken, aud wheu he could uot get away he picked, up stones and commenced to throw them. One just missed the witness. The latter heard both accused say that they would give a "fiver" to settle the thing.

Constable Dunn said he received information of the theft, and, going down Lincoln-road, he met the accused near the railway station, whom he questioned conceruiug the affair. They said they had heard a row at the Chinese garden at Akura. Witness asked them to go back to the garden with him, which they did, aud the Chinese recognised them as the persons who had stolen the vegetables. Witness then arrested both meu for theft, aud, together with the vegetables aud oue of the horses, were brought to the station.

Sergeant Miller also gave evidence

At the conclusion of the evidence, both accused wihtdrew the plea oi not guilty aud entered one of guilty. His Worship said it was the meanest, offence with which they could be charged, aud uot only that, but it was becoming very common among European fruit gardeus as well as Chinese vegetable gardens. People seemed to think that they could go into gardens and rob them as they liked, but they were mistaken. Such a practice had to be put down. The maximum penalty for such au offence was a fiut cf £20 or six mouths' imprisonment, but apparently fines were no deterrent to the accused, who had beeu fined some mouths ago for disturbing „ Chinese at night. Both would be sentenced to three months' imprisonment, aud Worner would be convicted and discharged for throwing stones. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LX, Issue 9287, 5 February 1909, Page 5

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A meeting of the Bible-Class for Chinese at Masterton, held in McGregor's Cottage, in Church-street, and promoted by Mrs Kecne, Miss McGregor, and Mr and Mrs Morrison, was attended by seventeen Chinese men, and one woman, Mrs Wong Moy, who has recently arrived from China Revs. A. T. Thompson and J. N. Buttle delivered short addresses, which were interpreted by Mr Wong Foy. Several hymns were sung in in Chinese and a number of selections in Chinese were given on the phonograph. Refreshments were provided by the ladies, and the fruit was supplied by Pei Gen and Wong Way Kee. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LV, Issue 8552, 11 September 1906, Page 4