Is The Alien Act Being Evaded?

A "Corker" for the Collector of Customs A ReaHy Intelligent Young Lady A peculiar action was commenced at ihe Wellington Magistrate's Court on Tuesday last before Mif. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M,, when the Collector of Custom per Mr. E. R. Brabazon, prosecuted two Chinese named Chan Ye Hop and his wife, whose maiden name was given as Van Chu Ling. Mr. I S. K. MacasSey, of the Crown law Office, represented the Customs Department and Mr. 1% G. Jellicoe, instructed by Messrs. Dlckuon and O'ftegdn, defended" the Chinese who pleaded not guilty. Mr. Macasaey set out the details of the prosecution, which were as follows: Jn the year 1894 naturalisation papers w ore. issued tot Ah Young, and In 1895 Chun Ye Hop PAID THE POLL TAX but failed to take out naturalisation papers. On November 5, 1912, Chan Ye Hop went to China and handed tys papers to a- Chinaman named Chan Bang Young-. Later (the prosecution contended) these naturalisation papers hud been secured by Chan Ye Hop who went i to Sydney and there married Van Chu LingArriving- back in this country,  be used the naturalisation papery an if they w<«ro hla own, q.ad thus secured the admission of bis wife into the country without paying the £200 poll tax. Ernest Rudolph Brtibazon, Collector of Customs, produced tho poll tax book j and showed that the poll tax of Wong Yt> Hop bad been paid on December 10, 1905. Mr. Jellicoe: Is there no form that the wife may go through m order that tins wife of a Chinese may be admitted into New Zealand? No, the form rests I with Ihe husband. What formalities do they go through If iho husband has not been naturalised previously? THE EDUCATION TEST. "Who prepares tho telit?— I do, as proifided by tho Act. Now, you've hud notice to produce your books; what records does your office keep? Wo keep these sheets (showing six sheets containing photos, finder prints, etc.). 1 am asking: you if you keep any books? I can produce the. rough entry book of the names of Chinese coming and going as kept by Mlhh Johnston. Now. will you kindly answer my Hut'»Uon what books uro kept to record the arrivals of Chinese In New Zealand?— No books at nil— only forms. Hero Mr. Jallfcoe asked witness what would b© thn procedure If a Chinese woman left out without her naturalised husband, and what form would she have to pass. "But they don't come without their husband)," he said. But suppose they do-~-she may come with someone else's husband? THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. Suppose you were satisfied on all three of points of examination, would you want any further information? Witness: Your Worship. I've never had a case like this put to me before. Loong Key, a grocer, of Taranaki -st., said that he was the brother of Ah Young, who was about seven years older than he was (he was 58) He had known nothing, nor soon nothing of the naturalisation papers. A crons-examinatlon by Mr. Jellfcoe olldttnl the Information th.-v ho know a  Young family somewhere In the Canton province. NZ Truth , Issue 548, 18 December 1915, Page 2