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Post by NZBC on Jan 16, 2011 12:38:44 GMT 12
CHINESE ASSIST AMBULANCE. (P o o n Far)
The Superintendent of the Free Ambulance (Jfr. F. Roiie) acknowledges with thanks the following contributions from members ofthe P O O N Far Association: — 'I'he Oriental fruit Company £1 Is, H. I. Ironng1 ronng and. Co. £ 1 Is, Wall On and Co. £ 1 Is, Gluing Wall and Co. £1 Is, Sun Young Kee and Co. £1 Is, Gee "Xing-ss, Peter Chan and Co. Ss, Joe Lee Bros. 10s, Joe Kwong Lee and Co. £1, Ngan Chong and Co. 10a, The Eastern Fruit Company. £1 Is, G. D. Ngan 10s, Ngan Lee Chong 10s, Joe Bros. 10s, Npin Wall and Co. £1 Is, Lnm Tong 2s, Ngan York •2s 6d, Young Mow Bros. £1 Is. A contribution of £1 ls;. has been received from, the Chinese Nationalist Party, and 10s Cd from the 5th Hong Kong Scout Troop. Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 60, 14 March 1929, Page 5
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Post by NZBC on Jan 16, 2011 12:55:04 GMT 12
The Evans Bay Infanticide Case. ANOTHER ARREST ON SUSPICION
The ingenuity of two of the oity detectives was severely taxed yesterday afternoon in making the arrest of Fong Chong, the Celestial, who is the acknowledged husband of the woman Clara Fong Chong, the snspeoted mother of tbo infant who was found dead oa the beach in Evans Bay some days ago. Detectives Campbell and Walker having been entrusted with the execution of the warrant for Chong's arrest, repaired yesterday afternoon to the Hutt district, where he was understood to be employed.Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 21, 27 January 1888, Page 2
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Post by NZBC on Jan 16, 2011 13:38:45 GMT 12
22/11/1932 BOY UNEMPLOYMENT LATEST FIGURES Figures relating to boy' unemployjnent were given hy Mr. P. Myers at the Wellington Rotary Club'a luncheon today. Mr. Myers said that up to 30th November, 601 boys were registered by the Boy .Unemployment Committee, the ageß. ranging from •14 to 20 years. Of these x _l93 had left school, and had left theirpositions; 73 had left school, and had.jieyer had work; 146 were at school, and were ready to leave at any time, and, 189 boys would leave school at the end of the year. Two; hundred and thirty boys had been found positions on farms. Mr. Myers appealed to those who could to take a boy at their offices, and if they were not able to take on a boy to persuade others to do so. HELP FROM CHINESE A deputation from the local Chinese -community: waited upon .Mr.X, P, Staples, organiser of: . the Boy Employment Committee, this morning to assure the committee of their sympathy and interest in the committee's work, and trusted that the committee would reach, its objective of securing work for 500 boys before Christmas. They volunteered their assistance by way of special attractive displays at a later date, and meantime, without any solicitation whatever, made a contribution, of £12. 10s. toward the Work of the Boy Employment Committee. This amount was subscribed by the following:—William Kwok : Wong She and-Co., Oriental Fruit Co., £%' each; Chung Wah and' Co., Wah. Kee Bros., W. Lowe, H. and P. Young, Wai. On and Co., Wing Bros., Young Howe Bros., Joe Kwong Lee and Co., Wong She ana Sons, Hing You Bros., P. ' Young and Son, Te Aro Seed Co. (Yee Chong Wing), Gee Bros., Joe Lee Wah and Co., Kung Wah Cheong, • Hop Hing, Y. C. Young and Co., Sun Young Kec, 10s each; and Joe Lee Bros., Joe Biros., 5s each —total £12. 10s. Mr. Staples says that the barometer Tecor.ding business.people's applications for boys is rising steadily. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19321129.2.84&srpos=29&e=-------100--1----0kwong+chong-- Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 130, 29 November 1932, Page 9
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Post by NZBC on Jan 16, 2011 13:40:00 GMT 12
NATIONAL DAY
AND A CELEBRATION
CHINESE CHARGED
'•It was the Chinese national day yesterday, and apparently these men were celebrating it in the national manner/ said Senior-Sergeant G. J. Paine in the Magistrate's Court today, when a number of Chinese appeared before Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., as a sequel to a raid carried out in Haining Street in the early hours of this morning.
Jim Vim, a fruiterer, aged 39, pleaded guilty to permitting premises of which he was the occupier to be used for the smoking of opium. He was convicted and fined £50. The other men, Joe Leong, fruiterer, 42, Ah Gaen, gardener, 40, Ah Sum, gardener* 35, Low Kwong, fruiterer, 40, Mok Young, gardener, 38, Chong Low, cook, 44, Ah Wong, gardener, 56, Low Sik Yee, shopkeeper, 44, Ngan Jack, fruiterer, 45, Yew Fay, gardener, 45, Kee China, gardener, 40.. and Ngan Woon, gardener, 36, each pleaded guilty to being unlawfully on the premises, and in every case a fine of £25 was imposed. Senior-Sergeant Paine said that at 1.45 a.m. today Sergeant Audley and three constables carried out a raid on premises in Haining Street. After knocking for some time they were admitted at the rear door, which was heavily barred. On entering the. premises they found the defendant and 13 other Chinese there. The usual smoking paraphernalia was found, and there was a small quantity of opium there. A number of slush-lamps were burning, and pipe-bowls which were taken possession of were still hot. The room was full of opium fumes. All except one of the men had been before the Court before. Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 89, 11 October 1940, Page 9
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Post by NZBC on Feb 12, 2011 22:06:04 GMT 12
COMMITTED SUICIDE. BROKEN HEARTED CHINESE. A tragic,letter left behind by a Chinese, Chung Jack, who was found hanging in his house n Wellington: 'Last year, one evening in August or September while I was listening to the radio broadcast of the Sino-Japanese war . news, some fiendish, heartless thief .ame and stole my money," he wrote. "I dared not say anything, I could but grieve in silence. It was like closing things behind locked doors for who would have believed the theft. I have no means of replacing the sum now. Before me there isonly the road of:death. My shame is so great that I cannot face my friends, so I have decided to commit suicide. In my death I wish my brothers and sisters continuous and unlimited sucçess and prosperity, so that even in my grave my heart could yet expand with happiness. My grief cannot be fully conveyed, nor is my bitterness ex- p ressible. Alas to think it should end like this. This is my farewell note,' written in.tears." Cairns Post QLD Monday 4 April 1938
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Post by NZBC on Feb 12, 2011 22:14:10 GMT 12
CHINESE FINED £5 FOR
CRUELTY
Cats Survive After Being
Thrown From Truck
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), July 8.
A Chinese, Alec Wong, who threw three live cats from a motor truck travelling 30 miles an hour, was fined £5 for cruelty in the Wellington Police Court A doctor said that he was driving on Hutt Road when be saw the cats thrown from the truck. They skidded along the road, and looked very dazed. One made off up a hill, another disappeared over the sea walL and thc third remained on the road. Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld.Monday 10 July 1939
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Post by NZBC on Feb 15, 2011 20:56:50 GMT 12
HUNG FROM A TREE. A CHINAMAN'S SUICIDE
Lprfhs association.! WELLINGTON, March 9. Nang Zoo, aged 48 years, a Chinese market gardener from Nelson, hung himself this morning from a tree at the back of promises at No. 24 Haining street. He had been staying with Joe Queen, who last saw him alive at 11 o'clock on Tuesday night, when Nang Zoo bade him good-night. He did not i hear deceased get up during the night. They were sleoping in the same room, and on going into his back yard at 5.30 this morning, Queen saw Nang Zoo suspended by a rope from a tree four feet from the ground. Ho severed the rope, but life was extinct. Nang Zoo had been in ill-health for some time. He came over from Nelson to bid good-bye to one of his countrymen who was leaving for China. Ho had been twelve years in New Zealand. In Nang Zoo's pockets were found pawn tickets for £1 (for his watch) and three shillings and ninepenco, and a return ticket to Nelson. Mr Haselden, S.M., held an inquest, a verdict of Suicide by his own hand being returned. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVIII, 10 March 1910, Page 8
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Post by NZBC on Mar 7, 2011 22:12:49 GMT 12
FOUND WITH OPIUM CHINESE FINED £50 WALKED INTO TRAP PARCEL FROM AUCKLAND
How a young Chinese unsuspectingly walked into a trap prepared for him by the ,postal officials and the police was revealed in the Magistrate's Court today during the hearing of a charge against Kwok thingy Hing, aged 26, of being found in possession of prepared opium. Discovering that a parcel addressed to a Chinese in Wellington contained opium, the Post Office officials communicated with the police, and when a Chinese claimed and was given possession of the parcel he walked right into the arms of Detective Jarrold, who was waiting outside for him.
Detective-Sergeant i^Eevell said that on 16th Februavy a parcel addressed to E. Lum, care of Peter Chan, Courtenay place, Wellington, was posted at Auckland. It was examined by postal officials, who had a right to do so if they thought a breach of the Customs Act was being committed. The .parcel was found to contain opium. On 4th March the parcel was taken to Peter Chan's place, but Ah Lum was not there, and a notice was left for him to call for the parcel. On 7th March the accused called'at the Post Office and said that he was Ah Lam. sWhen questioned he njaintained that-he was Ah Lum, and ho signed for tho parcel iv the name of Ah Lum. He took the parcel away, but was later accosted by Detective Jarrold. Ho then said he-was not Ah Lum, and had only collected the parcel for Ah Lum. He said he did not know where Ah Lum was.
GOT PARCEL FOR ANOTHER MAN,
The accused was fined £50 and 10s costs. Security for appeal was fixed, on counsel's application, at the amount of the fine, plus £10 10s. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 63, 15 March 1932, Page 9
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Post by NZBC on Mar 7, 2011 22:25:19 GMT 12
Woo Keen Pan, fruiterer, aged 34 (No. 147, Taranaki street); Yep Kuin Lum, gardener, aged 62 (3, Haining street); Hedley Louis, aged.3o (156, Tarankai street); Low Bung, aged 71 (158, Taranaki street); Sam Chong, aged 40-(room at the corner of Tory and Haining street); Joe Young, aged 30 (shop at the corner of Taranaki and Vivian streets). The following were charged with having been found in a common gaming house at the corner of Taranaki and Vivian streets:—John Farrall, seaman, aged 53; Charlie Chong, gardener, aged 30; Ah Kong, gardener, aged 25; —. Leary, fruiterer, aged 26; Ah thingy, gardener, aged 57. A charge of having been found in a common gaming house at 147, Taranaki street, was also made against Thomas Francis. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 70, 2 October 1928, Page 11
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Post by NZBC on Mar 7, 2011 22:40:01 GMT 12
Wellington Chinese Masonic Society—Kwong long Chong £2 2s. Chung Ling os, Joe Guy 10s Lum Jung, Fan Yue,.Wong Way Chun, Wong Hoy, Chow Torn, Wong Lai, Lowe Ming Geng, Yip Foon, Di Bor, Chun Lerng 5s each, Sink on Kee £1 Is, Ng Sit Lum ss. Chun Gee Nui ss, Chun Shee Choy. £1 Is, Wah Jung ss, Wing IHing ss, Lee Nam os, Chun Hiug Young £1, Isgan GoW os, .Fan Chow Hung ss, Lowe Gee Leong 10s, Terng Wall os, Lowe Hop Poo ss, Lowe Goo Ying. ss, Cherng Gong 2s (id, Wong V-iy ss, Hedley Louis 2s 6d, Chun Bew Nov Mun Chue, Yip Wah, Lowe Hoong Gee, Lowe Gar Shee, Lee noong, Lowe Gong, 5s each thingy Leo £3 3s, Gee Gum King ss, United Fruit Co. 10s 6d, Wong Chung Lung, Wah Ying, Chun Hoy Chorig, Chun Dart Yuc, Shew Say, Chun Garm You 5s each. Hop Hing 10s, Ngah Sik Chong 2s 6d, Wong Kong 10s, Mock Ming ss, Kwong Kee ss,- Chung Dim ss, -Chunt Hoong ss, Wong Poy 10s, Ngan Jew ss, George Yce £1 Is—£23 Is; total, £241 Cs 2d. Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 10, 11 July 1929, Page 14
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Post by NZBC on May 15, 2011 20:19:26 GMT 12
ABOUT A DEAD CHINAMAN.
WELLINGTON, June 10. A reserved judgment was given by Mi- Ridden. S.M.. in the case Public IVustee v. Mark Marton, claim for £188 by the estate of Ah Chong, paid to defendant for sending the body of deceased to China. The Public Trustee had contended the expenses were excessive and made without authority. The Magistrate ssid it had been the custom to so dispose of the bodies of Chinese when sufficient money was left and in this case the Chinese Consul had been consulted and acquiesced. The amount paid, therefore, must be regarded as a reasonable funeral expense. Judgment was for defendant. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, 10 June 1913, Page 7
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Post by NZBC on May 15, 2011 20:29:13 GMT 12
WELLINGTON, January 27. Mong Chong, Chinaman, husband of the woman now in custody on a charge of infanticide, has been arrested as accomplice. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1839, 27 January 1888, Page 2
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Post by NZBC on May 15, 2011 20:40:51 GMT 12
In the Appeal Court argument has concluded in, the case Regina v. Fong Chong and Clara Chong. At the last criminal sessions , the prisoners, were charged with child murder. ' They were acquitted of the more • serious offence, and sentenced to two years' hard labor for concealment of birth. Certain points were • reserved, one being misdirection of the Chief Justice to the jury, and,' second, wheiher, by reason 1 of the omission of the interpretation of the evidence, the male prisoner ought to have been convicted. The Court affirmed the conviction, and the sentence, is to, be carried out. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1951, 9 June 1888, Page 2
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Gerald Sydney Thorner
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Post by Gerald Sydney Thorner on Jan 4, 2021 17:15:03 GMT 12
It is interesting to read all these interesting posts.
There was a Chinese man called Kum Sing who was my great great grandfather.He was charged with using a premises as a common gaming house at 135 Taranaki Street and selling "pakapoo" tickets.I don't know if 135 Taranaki Street, was Kum Sings residence or not. He was fined 30 pound. (Reported in The Evening Post 16-6-1926.)
I would like to know what happened to Kum Sing as his wife Mere Kum Sing (nee Tahana) is buried with Kum Sing's children baby Louie and William(Bill).His other child was Minnie who married George Barr in Palmerston North. I would be interested in having Kum Sing buried with his wife and family at Te Henga cemetary. He provided a lovely grave for his family and I would like him to be buried there if he died alone at Wellington somewhere.
Kum Sing was a good and kindly man who had a shop on the corner of Gover and Devon Street in New Plymouth.He was never known to break the law until his conviction in 1926. If anyone has information about Kum Sing and where and how he died I would be interested to know. I also don't know what part of Canton he came from or even what ship he came out on. I do however have a marriage certificate of his marriage to my great great grandmother Mere Tahana who may have also been called Dolly. Her mother was Mary Bishop and her father was Wiremu Tahana and they lived at the Hua Village at Bell Block.
Once when Kum Sing was called upon to give evidence in court he would't swear on the Bible but instead he struck a match in court and then blew it out. This must have been a Chinese custom that he promised to tell the truth in court.
If any one has information about Kum Sing please ring me 021 1291249 or text. Kia Ora Gerald Sydney Thorner Te Atiawa iwi-Puketapu Hapu- Hoewaka whanau (Hua Division)(Bell Block) Muru Raupatu marae.
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