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Post by NZBC on May 15, 2011 21:52:20 GMT 12
LIQUOR SEIZED. AT CHINESE SHOP (BY TELEGRAPH —PIVBSS ASSOCIATION.
WANGANUI, July 21. The police to-night raided the fruiterer's shop of a Chinaman named Wong Hung Lowe, and confiscated ten cases of liquor, which included gin, Chinese whisky, Chinese wine, and beer. Lowe was arrested. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 July 1924, Page 5
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Post by NZBC on May 15, 2011 21:54:20 GMT 12
SUPPLYING LIQUOR. LEVIN AND CO. FINED (BY TELEGRAPH • —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) "WANGANUI, July 16. In an adjourned case before Mr. Barton, S.M., to-day, Levin and Co. were lined £5 for supplying liquor to Wong Hall, a Chinese,"who was under the age of 21. The case was a sequel to the recent police raid, where a quantity of liquor was seized on Wang's premises. The* Magistrate said the fact that such a quantity of liquor was found on Wong's premises in a comparatively short time led him to the conclusion that a "shut eye" policy had been adopted in regard to sales. It . was stated by counsel that was the first [ case against the firm's local branch, ' and the license had been held for 35 years. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, 16 July 1923, Page 7
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Post by NZBC on May 15, 2011 22:00:58 GMT 12
RAID ON CHINAMAN'S SHOP.
WANGANUI, June 29. ■ This evening the police raided the premises of -a Chinese fruiterer name Wong Hang and secured a large quantity of liquor, ranging from gin tpo whisky. Two Maoris were found on the premises. One of the Chinaman's clients mistook a police sergeant for another seeker after at pot and volunteered the information he said "paid a bob for his spot. The seized liquor necessitated "the use of a motor-car to convey it to the police station Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, 30 June 1923, Page 7
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Post by NZBC on May 15, 2011 22:05:13 GMT 12
CHINESE LIQUOR.
RAID ON FRUIT SHOP
(BY TELEGRAPH —PRKRS ASSOCIATION.}
WANGANUI, July 2. As a sequel to a raid by the police on a Chinese fruit shop on Friday evening, a diminutive Chinese, agecl 15, named Wong Hong, was charged at the Court to-day with selling liq.uor without a license, and also with supplying liquor to a native. The case aioubeu a good deal of public interest, as did also the most striking portion of the evidence-—a big ariay pi bottles of spiiits.. beer and Chinese liquor. D-ei'endant, who pleaded guilty, said he had bought the business for £100, the previous owner advising him to sell liquor to Maoris. Evidence was given that since May. 26 daieudaat had been supplied by a wholesale house wick two cases, of gin, a case of whisky and two dozen bottles of ale' The magistrate (Mr Barton), in fining defendant £35 and costs £12 12s, saiu the youth's turnover had evidently been considerable. " Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, 3 July 1923, Page 5
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