Lee Ah Foon at Melbourne

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The death of a Chinese miner named Lee Ah Foon at Melbourne recalls a sad story. Ah Foon was a miner who had worked long and industriously up the country, on the goldfields, or portions of them, abandoned as unpayable by Europeans, and though frequently unable to earn more than the barest pittance, he at times was a little more successful, and at last was able to look forward confidently to the day when ho would have gathered together sufficient money to enable him to roturn to his native land and spend his last few years in restful contentment and happiness. But disease overtook him, and though stoical as most Chinese are, he was obliged to come to Melbourne to consult with three of his own countrymen skilled in herbal remedies. He tried their powers, but they could do him no good, and alone, quite forsaken by his own fellows, he died from the ravages of cancer of the pancreas. In his clothes when examined at the Morgue was found what remained of his little store of wealth twenty-one sovereigns, and a five and a one pound note. AUCKLAND ITEMS.
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11370, 11 September 1891, Page 2