Post by NZBC on Aug 31, 2014 11:53:49 GMT 12
As showing the interest taken in the Wanganui Hospital by local Chinamen we might mention that a sum of .£2O 3s has been collected by them and handed to the secretary of the Hospital Board. The amount was subscribed as follows: Kwong Lee £2 2s, Lock Young 55., Shing Lee and Co., .£5 ss, Wong Chong ,£1 Is, Wah Lee .£l, Sue Yang 2s, Sue Yee Sing 4s, Low Ming 2s, Cheong King 2s 6d, Kong Quon 2s 6d, Kum Yew 2s 6d, Wong Hang 10s, Kong Vow 2s 6d, Chin Wing ss, Low Kun Yea 3s, Low Yang 6s, Lee and Bing (garden) £3 3s. J. N. Bing £5 ss. We may say that the liberality of the Chinese means that the institution will benefit to the extent of £44 6s 7d, which includes the Government subsidy of 24s in the The generous spirit manifested by our Celestial friends does them credit. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11542, 26 April 1905, Page 5 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WH19050426.2.16&cl=search&srpos=33&e=-------100--31----0wong+chong+wanganui--&st=1