Wong Chong

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WONG CHQNG TAKES THE OATH (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) WONG CHONG, it need hardly be explained, is a "Chi nee." More than that, he is a "Heathen" Chinee, and, - in consequence, when he had to take,, the oath to give evidence m the Police Court at Pukekohe last week, he could not be sworn on the bible. ,y Magistrate Poynton was equal to the occasion, however, "How you swear?" he asked Wong, through his interpreter, - "Blowy match out?" "Killy rooster?" " Or breaky saucer?" Wong" decided that his conscience would be satisfied if he. "Blowy match out," and so the rooster's life was saved— and so was the crockery. ' The clerk struck a Snatch ard handed it over to. the inter- - preter. Wong leaned forward promptly and blew it.out. "No, you too soon," said the S.M. and another match spluttered into flame ; while it burnt down slowly, nearer and nearer to the interpreter's fingers, *Wong repeated tMs impressive oath: "I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and if I fail, may my soul perish as the light I now extinguish!" And just as the interpreter was on the-point of dropping the burning match with a yelp, Wong's flqV of Chitfese ceased]^ J and "puff" — out went 'the match! paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19270127.2.37.2?query=wong%20chi Page 7 Advertisements Column 2
NZ TRUTH, ISSUE 1104, 27 JANUARY 1927