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twacm our own correspondent.) December 31, 1889. **j cc in lho colonies occasionally ■anas some difficulty in holding the scales ini equipoise between litigants of different -J2a% and ln deciding when to smite the r 1 -«>er with the edge ot the sword, and X B^* 0 M* Mm witt the flat; although jf. j oes not> M America, raise the nS?^ 6 of Olie «ye when one of the -/•'«i i BB a PPena to hare a yellow or .a f. «iack skin. A case illnstrative of my meaning came before the Hastings Magiayj y*tea this morning. Sing lee is well Known here as an industrious and in, o ffenaive Celestial, who for the last year 0 i so has smiled upon mankind in general 1 torn behind the counter of his grocery Bn ?P- Like moat of his race, he is i^T er atn 'etlc nor aggressive. When JJonovan came this way Sing let him o. ene Khe has ever longed to meet Slavin-ln the "P.R.," with or without S' oyes, he has either repressed his desire, -W kept it a profound secret. Hitherto aa been more sinned against than ?*P nui fr Some time ago he was robbed of t-. nis fruit. He still smiled upon mankind w general. More recently he was robbed of over £100, but after the temporary c depression he smiled again. To presume f/.-aponthfe weakness or the good nature of iV"-;, ama 'i» like this would seem to any man •j Worthy of the name as cruel as to strike c child. There are, however, cowardly -v natures.to whom the fact of a man being 1. *nable, or unwilling to retaliate acts as an f incentive to bullying him, and two i fellows of this currish disposition entered Sing's shop yesterday afternoon. One of them, hight 'George Glover, asked for a .4 packet of cigarette tobacco, for which he «paid a shilling. After opening ifc he said that ho would not have it, and demanded c his money back. Sing demurred, as the /packet bad been opened. Thereupon the other fellow, Anderson {I hope his mates JIJ?. Proud of him), said, Oh, d**n you Z-; Chinamen and taking from his pocket I.}-, an egg (where he had got it did not ~j-. appeai 1 conclusively in the evidence) threw it in Sing's face. The latter V -ordered Mr Anderson out of the shop, out he returned and insulted Sing again. Then the aggrieved Sing ordered both his *"_ngly customers to leave, which they v: did. Thus far he had the law en his side. But it is not a pleasant thing to have your goods damaged and an egg smashed in your face," and.so I grieve to add that Sing (like many a Christian under, snch circumstances) -"let hU angry passions rise," and caught up a hank of .clothes i line, with which he pursued Anderson down the street as far as the new bonk, whence "the little hero" escaped to Hnghes's back yard, where he was captured by. Constable Pickering, who his a knack of turning up just when the larrikins don't want him. Then did Sing go ip to Glover and' ask him what he meant oy going to his (Sing's) shop, whereupon the valiant George knocked Sing down. Then did sundry; Chinese xvith sticks rally round Sing, and one A* Yung, with more valor than disej^^ advance upon Glover, who k» o^A-yx down. TlSn Constable seen Glover strike Sj^ the former into custody. J, ne two worthies made their appeaance before the Bench this morning, Olover being charged with assaulting Sing Lee and Ah Yung, and Anderson being charged with disorderiv conduct. The Bench dismissed the charge of assault brought by Ah Yung against Glover, as the latter was presumed to have acted in self-defence. But Mr G. was fined £1 with 2s costs with the alternative of seven days' imprisonment for the assault on Sing Lee, and a similar fine was imposed on Anderson for dia, orderly conduct. Both fines were paid. In imposing such k-ni&ut' fines the Bench r w«re doubtless influenced by the fact that Sing had allowed his feelings an,l his legs to carry him nway after the defendants had left his simp but larrikins will do well to bear in mini t'>nt in Xcw Zealand I. as yet the Inw, happily, iccogoisea no dis) tinction of color
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8559, 2 January 1890, Page 4 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=HBH18900102.2.18&cl=search&srpos=204&e=-------100--201----0K+O+Chinese+fruit+shop--&st=1