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

WONG DOO —In loving memory of our dear mother and mother-in-law, who went into rest August 18, 1940. Gone fiom us but not forgotten. Never shall thy memory fade. Sweetest thoughts sliall ever linger, Round the grave where thou art laid. Ever remembered by her loving daughter and son-in-law. Minnie and George

WONG DOO. —In loving memory of our dear mother and granny, who fell asleep August 10, 1940. She hud a nature you couldn't help loving,  more precious than gold.  those who knew her and loved her Her memory will never grow cold. Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 194, 18 August 1942, Page 1

APPEAL BY CHINESE TECHNICAL POINT

APPEAL BY CHINESE TECHNICAL POINT RAISED ALLOWANCE FOR FAMILY

The question as to whether the army would make allowance for the family of a Chinese who were at present residing in China was raised at a sitting of the No. 1 Armed Forces Appeal Board this morning. An appeal for exemption from military service on the grounds of undue hardship was lodged by Wong Allen Geakland On Kee, greengrocer, who stated that his wife and two children were in China. He had a permit which enabled him to send £5 a month to China for the assistance of his family. After being informed of the reservist's weekly earning, Mr. F. J. Cox, Crown representative, said he would be better off financially in the army if an allowance was made for his family. The appeal was adjourned to ascertain whether an allowance for his family would be made in the reservist's case. Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 250, 22 October 1942, Page 6

WANGANELLA'S PASSENGERS. The Huddart-Parker motor liner Wanganella, due to leave for Sydney at. 3 p.m. to-day, is taking the following passengers from Auckland Second Class.—

 Mr. Wong Sheung, Mr. A. L. Simpson, Mr. J. W. H. Sargent, Miss J. townsend, Mr. Ah Tin, Mr. A. E. J. SValker, Mrs. E. M. Whltten, Mr. Sui Wing, Mr. Fong Wee Wah, Mr. E. W. A. White, Mr. Chong Ylck, Mr. Fong Yip, Mr. and Mrs. Ping Soon Chan and six children. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 5, 6 January 1934, Page 4

Acts of benevolence by the Chinese of the city to the hospital are not infrequent, and the Hospital Board yesterday got a contribution of £5 5/ from Mr. Wah Lee and £1 1/ from Mr. Louis Quin towards the general funds. The money is to be applied to the purchase of a set of anatomical and surgical books for the Nurses Home library. The gifts carry with them a subsidy, which increases it to £14. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 38, 13 February 1906, Page 4

Chinese community in Auckland for the services rendered its members by the Auckland Hospital Board and citizens; while the influenza epidemic was raging was pleasantly exemplified to the board last night by the receipt of a donation of £50 from the Ge Kung Tong .Society, Mr Wah Lee of Grey .Street, in           forwarding a cheque for the amount on behalf of the society, explained that it  was in grateful recognition of the many kindnesses received by his countrymen during the epidemic, and he enclosed also a personal cheque for five guineas. This donation, the chairman remarked, would carry a Government subsidy of 24/ in the J Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 120, 21 May 1919, Page 4

MATRICULATION. EXAMINATION RESULTS.

MATRICULATION. EXAMINATION RESULTS. UNIVERSITY'S TESTS. PASS LIST ISSUED. -SUCCESSFUL AUCKLANDERS. (The letter P indicates that the candidates passed the entrance examination;  

The following are the results for the University entrance examinations held, in December. 1930: 
Auckland Boys Grammar  C. Wah Lee, P

 Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 20, 24 January 1931, Page 12

Chinese Gratitude. "Enclosed please find our cheque for £10 10/ as a slight token of esteem and appreciation of the good work and attention to such of our countrymen who have come under your institution's care. Your institution does everything to make the stranger feel at home during'his stav, and we can assure you that although they cannot express their gratitude in words your kind ness is no less appreciated." This was a letter received by the Hospital Board yesterday, and signed by Mr Wah Lee on behalf of the Chinese community in Auckland. In moving that th« donation be received with thanks, Mr. W. Wallace, chairman, said the Chinese were always grateful for what was done for them, and the donation had been forthcoming for ten years  to his knowledge. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 276, 21 November 1928, Page 6

Migrants from China.

Migrants from China. Eighteen Chinese were included in the passenger list of the Mai a ma, which arrived at Auck- yesterday from Sydney. It was a chattering group, which included well-dressed Chinese ranging from the. type that irons collars to the market gardeners who wear a shirt open at the neck and regard a tie as a superfluity. Fullmoon faces were wreathed in smiles as Auckland was contemplated from the ship's rail. They were not communicative. "Blin here aflore," said one member of the party. His destination was Mangere.  Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 276, 21 November 1928, Page 6

RAID ON CHINESE,

POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS, j CHARGES OF GAMING. A table on trestles, covered with a grey blanket, a number of dominoes, a tin box, two dice and an enamel mug were produced as exhibits in the Police Court this morning, when, following on the recent raid on premises occupied by Chinese at 40, Hobson Street, Wong Doo (50), and Wong Sun were charged with being the keepers of a common gaming house, Ah Heong (46) and Lee Chew (45), with having assisted in the keep-!; injr of same, and charges of having been found in a common gaming house were preferred against Loo Au (25), Hung (32), Ah Soo (2S), Wun (22), Ah Wah (57), Shi (30), Wing Kong (18), Wong Shium (24), Jimmy Gee (20), Chen Jong (30), Ah Hong (22), Ah So (21), Wong Yee (42), Mong (20), Ah Kit (55), Wong Fong (24), Ohan Fun (29), Wong Chung (23). All the -2 Chinese concerned were i present in Court. Chief-Detective  Mcllveney prosecuted, and Messrs. L. 1 i, Lean- and R. P. Towle appeared for the accused. The charge against Wong Doo was proceeded with first. The Chief-Detective said that it would be shown Wong Doo, Wong Yee, and Wong Sun had entered into an agreement for the purchase of the premises situate at 40, Hobson Street, in December last. On the ground floor of these  premises, which the police had kept under observation, there was a fairly large room facing Hobson Street, which on the night of July 16 was occupied by seven or eight Chinese, who were apparently attending a prayer meeting. conducted by Shack Horn. At the rear of the kitchen was a smaller room containing two tables. There were two or three windows in the room, the lower portions of which were composed of stained glass, and the upper panes appeared to have been whitewashed at one time. On the second storey was a room fronting Hobson Street, behind which were several bedrooms. The owners of the premises, so far as could be gathered, did not sleep there. The evidence would show that the premises were generally conducted by Chow, -who described himself as a cook. These premises were kept under observation by Detective Meiklejohn and Constable Doel. At 5.15 p.m. on July 16, he (the Chief Detective) and other police raided the premises by virtue of a search warrant. Gaming was going on in the room on the ground floor and also in the room on the second floor. The game of "Haing Gow" was being played downstairs and "Ma Chuck" was being played upstairs.

The Chief Detective then went on to describe the game of Haing Gow This, he said, was played with 32 dominoes and two squares of dice. It was played for six men, one of whom was the banker. The two squares of dice were thrown to determine who would be bnanker. The banker changed if he was beaten by one player. The 321 dominoes were then shuffled and placed in stacks of' five —two being left face upwards. Amongst the dominoes were two, the counting of which could be changed -one with two white spots and a red one could be counted either a 3 or 6. The other had four red spots and two white and could be counted either as 6 or 3. One square of dice was then tossed by the banker to discover which player would receive a particular stack of the placed dominoes, and the remaining lots were then counted out to other players. Before the square of dice was tossed the players placed the other stacks on the table. Then the money was paid 'by the banker to the winner. Anyone could bet on the players' chance against the (banker. In the room was an agent who watched the game and received a percentage from the winner—ten per cent, he believed it was in this game. When the money was set and the dominoes stacked, the banker tossed the dice. The dominoes were handed out each player receiving five. They then set to work with three dominoes to make up either10, 20, or 30 in numbers. The number arrived at determined whether or not the player would be a winner or loser. He could have a hand of 10—not over that. If the banker had fewer i numbers than all the other players he had to pay out, and if he had to pay out to anyone he lost the bank. If the players had fewer numbers than the banker, they would have to pay out to the banker. Tie game could be played for pounds, shillings or pence. The implements shown to the court were seized on the night of the raid.

James Graham, solicitor for the vendor of the premises to the Chinese purchasers, said Wong Doo had told him the police raided the place, but said he was not afraid. Wong said to witness, '"Don’t  you play cards at your house? Europeans play cards for money: we play with dominoes." Detective Meiklejohn gave lengthy evidence regarding his observations of 49, Hobson Street, where he had several times seen Haing Gow being played. In answer to the Chief Detective, witness said Haing Gow was a game of chance. Mr. Leary: I object to that statement is evidence. I am most emphatically going to prove that it is a game of skill. Detective Meiklejohn said that Chinese had been hitherto convicted in the court for playing this game. Mr. Poynton: The demonstration given by the police seems to me to prove it is a game of chance. (Thy detective had manipulated the dominoes to show tin' Bench how the same was played). Mr. That was a Gilbertian demonstration. 1 have text hooks to prove that it is a game of skill. Mr Leary then proceeded to show that it was one of skill.  I duped a text hook on "Ma Chuck," written by a judge of the Supreme Court »t" Hong' Kong, in which it vasated thatj was rapidly becoming the national game of cards, played by old and young, rich and poor, men and women." This judge had written with tin-1 Idea of popularising the game. which played in the European duos and in the ward rooms of warships, under the name of sparrow. The best player he knew said the judge, was a boy of years, Mr. Cary proceeded to finder and arrange the characters of "Ma Chuck." It will probably take in two minutes to teach your Worship the game be it took me that long to learn it—but will proceed to do  so if you allow me.  Mr. Towle contended that the  premises at Hobson Street were used as a Chinese club, and that the game played were of skill. jThe Court then considered further demonstrations of Haing Gow and Ma Chuck.  Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 177, 28 July 1922, Page 5

SUCCESSES COMPETITION WRITING AND DRAWING TESTS.

SUCCESSES COMPETITION WRITING AND DRAWING TESTS. The following rests' of primary and secondary school competitions at the Winter Show were announced last evening LETTERING, PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Standard lll.—Judith Glover (Northcote) 1. Charlie Wah Lee (Normal) 2, Barbara Johnstone (Normal) Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 136, 10 June 1924, Page 8

PACKAPOO PLAYERS.

PACKAPOO PLAYERS.

CHINESE GAMBLERS ARRESTED RESULT OF POLICE RAID. GREY STREET GAMING. HOUSE. As a result of a police raid on a house in Grey Street on Saturday night a number of Chinamen were charged at the Police Court this morning, before Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., with having been found on premises conducted as a common gaming house. An additional charge of being the occupier of a common gaming house was brought against one of the Chinamen, Ah Yuan. Of the others, Hen Toy, Chin Ling, and Charlie Gin, did not appear, Tin Lee, Charlie Chee, Fong Fook, Len Young, Yee Chin Wah, Low King, and Ah Lee pleaded "Guilty," and Hong Chee, Sing Kit, and Ah Duk, pleaded "Not guilty." The raid was made at about half-past ten on Saturday night by Sub-Inspector Wohlman, Senior-Sergeant McNamara, and six constables. The .shop raided was one of three comprising a twostorey brick building, fronting Grey Street, and adjoining the Market Hotel. he raided sbop (No. 29) was ostensibly conducted as a restaurant for Chinese under the sign of "The Savoy." The raiding party approached the premises from both rear and front, but just as the time for making an entry arrived, a signal was given by a "Chinaman who came out of an adjoining building, with the result that those inside rushed the doors, and the light was turned off inside as the police entered. Several of the Chinamen escaped through the neighbouring properties, but most of them were caught and driven back into the house. In the basement of the building, below the street level, all the paraphernalia peculiar to Chinese games of chance were found, including the banker's lead plate, stacks of' Chinese coins, the pointed sticks used for lifting the perforated Chinese coins, dominoes of the Chinese variety with which haing gow is played, Chinese and European playing cards, and materials used in playing fan tan. Each of the Chinamen was .searched, and a sum of about £150 was collected from them. All "the Chinese concerned were taken to the police station in motor cars to be charged before Dr. F. W. King, J.P., and bail being forthcoming in each case in the sum of £5, they were "all remanded until this morning. Sub-Inspector Wohlmann pointed out that gambling 'was very demoralising where Chinamen were concerned, and the better class Chinese were opposed to it. He said that poor Chinamen who arrived in New Zealand lost their money and-were then exploited by the wealthier Chinamen, who compelled .their -victims to work for losb than'the market wage. The premises concerned had been under observation for a considerable time, and gambling had been noticed on a number of occasions, Chinamen to the number of about thirty having been present at one time. Ah Yuan, who was charged with being the occupier of the premises, pleaded guilty, and was fined £100 and costs. Sin Kit said he went to the shop to buy some duck, and was speaking' to the cook when the police arrived. He was given the benefit of the doubt and discharged. Hong Chee, who was found in an outhouse, and denied having had anything to do with the gambling, admitted 1 however, that he had £50 in his possession, together with some pakapoo tickets. He was fined £5 and costs, the extra £1 being imposed because he did not tell the truth. Ah Duk 6aid he was assistant cook, and was on the premises just to clean up dishes. He had no money to gamble' witli;. He had been observed by the police earlier in the evening, however, playing a- species of gambling patience, and when the raid was made he was discovered behind a door with his hand over his face. He was convicted and fined £4. and costs 12/. A similar fine was-imposed on the accused who had pleaded guilty and on those who did not appear, or in default 21 days' imprisonment. Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 83, 8 April 1918, Page 6

CONFIDING CHINESE.THE VICTIMS OF TRICKSTERS. LOOTED BY WILE AND BY FORGE. AT PANMURE AND POINT CHEVALIER. Two well-dressed and well-groomed men named Cecil Love (271 and George S. Ormiston (30) came before Mr. J. E. Wilson. S.M., yesterday, on tour charges of having obtained money from Chinese by false pretence and  five charges of having stolen money from the dwellings of Chinese. The charges were that they had stolen it from Sing Bung's dwelling at Panmure. £23 from Ah Ling's in the same locality, and sums of £3O and 50/ from the habitations of Tam Ark and Fong Ark at Point Chevalier. The false pretences alleged against them were that they represented in one ease, they landed a shipment of rice from Japan, and in other cases that they were representatives of Smeeton's Ltd., and supplying such articles as starch, rice, etc. 'STIFF LUCKWITHOUT STARCH. Din Lee, a laundryman of Jervois Road, said that on August 4, Love called at his laundry, said he was representing Smeeton's Ltd., and was selling a good line of starch at £3 10/ per cwt. Witness agreed to get a hundred-weight, and paid down £3 7/0 in advance, but no star r h had been delivered. There was another man with Love at the time. Law Lee, another laundryman in the same street, gave evidence of having paid 10/ deposit for starch on the same misrepresentation made by the two accused, and having got nothing for his money. Joe Sing, of Albert Street, told a- story of having been "starched"' in similar style by Ormiston for a £5 deposit. The manager of Smeeton's, Ltd., F. W. Riach, declared that the accused were absolute strangers to him, and had never been employed by his firm. A LITTLE HALF-TON ORDER. Wah Sung, market gardener of Mangere, stated that both accused called at his place, and stated that they had just landed a shipment of rice from Japan which they were selling at £150 a ton. They said they had a shop in Shortland Street, and would deliver next day any rice he might order. He ordered half a ton of rice at the price mentioned, and paid £10 on account, for which he got a receipt. The rice did not arrive.

CHASED BY CHINESE. The evidence as to the theft went to indicate that having spied out the land, in August and early in November, by wile and with a profit of about £1S odd, the accused turned their attention to physical force for further profit. On November 21, said Tam Ark, gardener of Point Chevalier, the accused tried to sell him rice, but he declined to do business, and they left him in the garden, going away in a direction that would lead them past his house. Half an hour later he went to the house and found that a box in his bedroom had been broken open, and £30 taken. A £20 note was included in the money stolen Mong Yee, gardener, of Tamaki, said that just before noon on November 25 he noticed a man standing near his house. Witness was a distance away at the time and went to the house, whereon Ormiston accosted him and asked him if he wanted to buy rice. He declined and went into the house where he found Love in one of the rooms. Love asked him if he wanted to buy rice and he declined again. Love then walked out and witness followed him, till Ormiston pulled out a revolver and pointed it at him. Witness was carrying a knife at the time. He called other Chinese, and a number of them followed the accused for about a mile before they got away. When witness got back to his house he found that £2 in silver had been stolen from a box in his room. A COVERING TRADE NAME. Further evidence showed that on November 21. the accused were seen in the vicinity of Fong Art's house at Panmure, and after their departure 50/ was found to be gone from a box in the house. On November 27 the accused Were seen by Chinese driving from the houses of Ah Ling and Sing Sung at Panmure, while the Chinese were at work in their market gardens, and the Celestials at once went to their habitations to find that £14 had been taken from Sing Sung's place and £23 from Ah Ling's, the money in each case having, been taken from boxes in the bedrooms.  Detectives De Norville and Lambert were informed, and they traced the horse and gig, and eventually found that accused were purporting to trade as '-'Rogers and Co." with offices in Wellesley Chambers. A visit to their office resulted in the finding of a I couple of revolvers and ammunition, I while one of the Chinese boxes which j had been stolen bodily was found hidden in a tree at Panmure-When taxed with the thefts and frauds the accused eventually admitted them. The accused pleaded guilty, and were committed to the Supreme Court  for sentence. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 298, 16 December 1919, Page 16

DEPARTURES—This Day. Ulimaroa, for Sydney, 11.25 a.m. Passengers

 DEPARTURES—This Day. Ulimaroa, for Sydney, 11.25 a.m. Passengers

Mrs. Dan Yen, Miss A. Wah Lee, Miss N. Wah Lee, Miss M. Wah Lee, Miss A. Wah Lee, Master R. Wah Lee,  Mr. C. Wah Lee, Mr. P. Chin Bow, Mr. G. Wah Lee, Mr. Dan Yen 

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 55, 6 March 1931, Page 4

Lee Pak Wah, a Chinese aged 19, will have to take his departure for China, where there is much conflict at present, within one month, or suffer the consequences. He was charged with remaining in New Zealand longer than entitled to by a temporary permit, which expired on August 20 last. Mr, Goodall appeared for Lee Pak Wah who entered a plea of guilty.

The Collector of Customs at Auckland, Mr. Penn, who prosecuted, stated that Wah's permit was extended to August 20 of last year. He should have left New Zealand by then, but had not done so, while he also had failed to report himself. He was liable to imprisonment for twelve months, or a fine of £100.

Counsel said that accused stayed with his two brothers, who formerly kept a fruit shop in Symonds Street. They used his money in their business, and also the money which had been sent to accused from Sydney to pay his fare back to China. They were now somewhere in the King Country. Lee Pak Wall had lost all his money. A friend of his was going to Sydney to-day by the Marama, and hoped to get enough money to send the accused his fare back to the Flowery Land. In the meantime accused was being assisted by some Chinese Masonic friends. Two sureties could be found at £50 each to guarantee that accused would leave for -China within a month. Mr. Goodall suggested that a small fine should be inflicted.

This was acceptable to the Collector of Customs, and Mr. Hunt imposed a fine of £5 and costs 7/, ordering accused to find two sureties of £50 each that he would leave the Dominion within a month. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1927, Page 3

CHINESE GIRLS THROUGH PERILS TO AUCKLAND

CHINESE GIRLS THROUGH PERILS TO AUCKLAND SOME 15 years ago two young Chinese girls, Alice Wah Lee and Nancy Wah Lee, accompanied by other members of their family, left New Zealand for China. A few days ago the two sisters completed the return journey under vastly different conditions.

The journey began months ago and has involved travelling by river boat, train, aeroplane and ocean-going steamer.

They were in Hongkong studying at a convent in December, 1941, when the city was attacked. On Monday, December 8, one of the girls was half-way to school when the .first Japanese bombing raid was carried out, the objective of the Japanese on this occasion being the airfield. The attacks came as a surprise, and at first the general feeling was one of bewilderment.

On the following day there was a great scramble to buy foodstuffs and other necessitites, and shops were emptied of their stocks in half an hour. The Japanese then started to bomb the docks and barracks.

The girls, who, owing to the rush on the shops, had been unable to obtain food, were given a sack of rice and some bread by an English soldier prior to the Japanese occupation. The rice was destroyed by a bomb, but they were able to reiain the bread.

Then the land fighting began. The fiat in which they were living was situated in Happy Valley, between the British Army and the Japanese. The flat shook constantly from gun fire and falling bombs. During this time the girls slept fully dressed, their pockets crammed with toast and dry bread. The building was hit, but they miraculously escaped injury, and they went to stay Avith friends. They were in constant danger of death from bullets. "Stinking Horribly" The day Hongkong was taken there was very heavy fire in the morning, but in the afternoon this ceased. They thought the Chinese Army had attacked and the Japanese were retreating. Soldiers'came into sight and in the distance the girls thought they were Chinese, but they proved to be Japs. One of the girls described them as "looking like monkeys and stinking horribly." They had obviously been plundering en route, for all had their pockets bulging with loot. Some had half a dozen wrist watches, practically covering their forearms. Others had numbers of fountain pens clipped in their pockets. Others again carried perfumes and powder, and if they took a fancy to a girl they would shake these over her.

They came into the house and stared at the girls and their friends, and then ordered them outside while they searched the place. The Japanese made them line up in a row and then stood in front of them, training a machine gun on them, but after scaring them ordered them back to the house. When drunk the Japanese would wail that they would lose in the end and the Chinese would win, and they would moan over the thought of losing their wives and homes. The house was visited a second time by Japanese soldiers, but these did no more than look around and ask questions. Nevertheless, the experience was very frightening. Japanese Barbarity They could hear girls screaming and crying from the agonies. of torture by the Japanese. The whites, however, suffered most of all. The Canadian soldiers had to exist on half a bowl of congee (rice boiled to a very thin consistency) daily, and were made to stand in trenches, where they were buried up to their heads and tortured. Civilians were killed like pigs, ohers were cut to pieces, others had ears lopped off. The Japanese were frightened of the population getting out of hand as a result of the food shortage, and their policy was to remove those who were not engaged in important undertakings in Hongkong. Those remaining faced dire consequences if they did not obey the Japanese.

Three Chinese doctors prominent in the community refused to accompany the Japanese to Burma. One had his fingers chopped off, another was disembowelled, and the fate of the third was not known. The Japanese also collected captives for forced labour in Burma.

The Italians and Germans were the only white people allowed to go free. They were given white armhands to distinguish them from the other Huropeans.

In order to reduce the population the Japanese started running refugee boats, and to get on these boats thousands of refugees collected at the wharves. Many people wore killed by the Japanese clubbing them on the head in efforts to control the mob. A large number of old people and children were trampled to death.

The two girls spent three days and three nights on the wharf before they were able to get aboard one of the boats. The journey from Hongkong to their home at Toishan, which normally took a day and a half, occupied ten days, but they were quite well treated.

The girls later went to Kukong to continue their studies at the University, but there they were subject to bombing and machine-gunning three times a day. There was no special military objective, but hundreds of houses were burned. Delayed action bombs were also dropped, and at first many were killed when looking at these. Journey to New Zealand Starts The girls' brother in New Zealand decided that they should join him out here, and with the assistance of another sister, attached to the U.S. Army in Chungking, was successful in making the arrangements. From Kukong the girls travelled for two days in a train to Kweiling, in Kwansi Province. There they boarded a U.S. Army plane for Kunming, in Yunnan Province. They crossed the Himalayas by plane and suffered from bleeding noses and ears in the rarefied air. In Calcutta the warmth of the hospitality of the Indians left nothing to be desired, but with true Indian courtesy they insisted on feasting the girls on large quantities of heavily curried Indian foods, and according to the custom the hosts themselves placed the fcod in the girls' mouths, with the result that the sisters were bespattered with food, while the curry brought tears. On the last stage or the journey, aboard ship, the elder of the girls proved a bad sailor, but the youngerhad a royal time, the captain taking a special interest in the two refugees. At Premantle they were entertained by the Chinese Consul, and at Sydney were interviewed by a representative of a Chinese newspaper.

The girls recalled that time after time in the adventurous weeks since December, 1941, they had escaped death by a hair's breadth. After each escape they would look at each other amazed to find they were still alive.

On every hand they found kindness as they travelled. It made no difference whether they sought assistance from Chinese, British, American or Indian—all helped the two sisters. New Spirit in China They did not, however, leave China without regret. There was a new and vital spirit in China. Men, women and children were all in the fight, and despite seven long years of war and suffering all were as determined to continue resistance to the end. The position of women in China had changed. To-day, encouraged by the bravery and devotion to duty of the "First Lady" of China, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, they were taking part in war activities of all kinds, even to fighting. Reconstruction, too, was being planned. The west was being opened up, and migration there encouraged by the Government. Free schools had come into existence, and the Government was sending its university graduates overseas for further training, so that they might return to China able to give the best possible assistance in rebuilding the country.

CHINESE GAMBLERS.RAID ON A GAMING HOUSE THIRTY CHINAMEN ARRESTED
AND FINED.

Last night about 10 o'clock a party of Auckland uetectives and police, under Chief Detective Grace, raided a house occupied by a -Chinaman named Ah Yong in Wakefield-street, and after an exciting scene arrested a large number of Chinese on charges of being found hi a gaming house. When the police entered the house the game of fan-tan was proceeding and the place was full of players. A scene of great excitement followed, and the china: icn rushed for the doors and windows, but at every point they ..ere met.^by the police, and were soon handcuffed and marched down to the lock-up. The banker was found hiding under the gaming table. A considerable sum of money was found in me room, and a fan-tan gambling set was also taken. The Chinese were subsequently all bailed out by their friends.
The folio-wing- arc the names of the Chinese arrested: —Ah Cow. 64; Ah Yew, '61, cook; All Shee, 37, shopman; Yet Gee, 55, gardener; Ah Sin", 23, gardener; Tei Wah 40, cook; Sing Yet, 32, laundryman; "Willie Goorn, ;)0. gardener; All Tan, 28, gardener; Ah Way, 55, gardener; Chin Sing-, 33, gardener; Leng Kum, 39, gardener; Ah Hing, 40, gardener; Ah Wong, 30, gardener (the banker); Yet Lee 50, gardener; Ah Young. 22, gardener; Mcc Ivee, 40, laundryman; Ah Ling, 40. cook; Ah San, 42, grocer and doctor; All Yong, 4;), grocer (keeper of we house); Len Sing, 36, gardener; Len Gee, 41, gardener; Ah Ling, 34. gardener; Sling Sue, 3:5, gardener; Bing Chew, 'O, gardener; Ah Lean. 40, gardener; Ah Choy, 52, g-ardener; Lue AYong-, 50, grocer; Young Chin, 48, grocer; Ah Low, 45, gardener; Chin Chin, gardener. The Chinamen were all lined up at the Police Court this morning before Mr Brabant, S.M. Mr ,T. C. Martin appeared for the accused and pleaded guilty on their behalf. The bulk of the men were charged with being found in a common gaming house without lawful excuse. Ah Wong was charged with being the banker of the gaming house, and two of the others as his assistants.
Mr Martin said the Chinamen arrested were npfc a nuisance to the street, and there were no Europeans, either girls or men, in the house. This was the Chinese New Year holiday season, and the prisoners were keeping holiday and nad met to celebrate in this fashion by playing the national game of fan-tan.
Mr Brabant fined the keeper of the house £25, the two assistants £3 each, Yet Gee (twice previously convicted) £?j, Ah Yen and Ah Shee (previously convicted) £2 each, and the rest, of the accused £1 each.
Chief Detective Grace said there was sufficient money found in the establishment and on prisoners to pay the fines. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 28, 3 February 1902, Page 8

CHINESE CASE.
ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.
Mr. Kettle, S.M., held an early sitting at the Auckland Police Court this morning to deal with a case in wh'ch two young Chinamen named Mung You and All Fong were charged with assaulting Ah Ming in a house in Wakefield-sfcreet o:a Sunday night last and robbing him of a £10 note.
Sub-Inspector Black prosecuted, and Mr. J. C. Martin appeared for the accused.
Ah Ming said he was sitting in the house of Ah Mcc in Wakefield-street at about nine o'clock on Sunday evening playing with dominoes, when the two accused men came in. Mung You caught him by the throat and'dragged him to the floor, while Ah Fong kicked him and took a £10 note from his pocl&t. In the struggle Ah Ming got up and rushed to an adjoining room, but Mung You followed him, caught hold of him, and threw him down again. Another Chinaman named Gum Sing then separated them, and witness cleared off by a back door and complained to the police. In company with Sergeant Hansen he returned to the house, but found they had disappeared. They were traced, and 'found in some Chinese houses in Hobson-street and Victoria-street, and were there arrested.
To Mr. Martin: Witness said the £10 note which was taken from him was got by him from the machine on the racecourse at the last Avondale race meeting. He had formerly been working in the gardens, but had been ill lately, and was not now working. lie. however, possessed 100 when he left Victoria-street over a year aio, but did not bank it. He could not name anybody who could confirm his statement that he possessed this sum of money, unless it were Ah Sam, his former partner, whose whereabouts he did not now know. It was not true that he borrowed money flora Mr. Nerheny when he left Victoriastreet, to stock his shop with bananas, nor did he owe any rent to Mr. Nerheny. Shortly afterwards he went to Wellingtion to get work, but failed to find it. It was not true that he kept a brothel there, or was ordered by the police to leave Wellington under threat of prosecution. He went on to Stratford, and soon afterwards returned to Auckland, residing at different times at Victoriastreet, Chapel-street. Ponsonbv. Archhill, and Grey-street. It was true that while at Ponsonby he was arrested, but it was not for having two girls there who Were under the age of consent. There was one girl there—she was 19 years of age. He was not aware that it was found that she was only one month over age. While in Victoriastreet a girl was arrested in his house. He took between £7 and £8 to the racecourse at Avondale on the occasion previously refei'red to. and won about £30.
Ah Choy, a gardener of Alexandrastreet, said he witnessed the assault, and saw Ah Fong fe-el Ah Ming's pockets.
In reply to Mr Martin, His Worship said that on the evidence given by Ming he would not feel justified in convicting the men of the theft. But there appeared to have been an assault committed.
Mr Martin said the defence on thn' point was that the fight was the result of n dispute at dominoes.
Ming You was the first of the accused to be examined. He stated that he visited -Ah Jlee's house, where Ah Ming invited him to play dominoes. He consented. The stakes were 1/ a gamo, and witness won the first game and asked for the money. Ming refused, and swore at him, and witness knocked him down. Ah Fong pushed Ah Ming away, but did not kick him, and took no money. To Sub-Inspector Black: Witness was cousin to Wah Lee and witness knew that Wah Lee was fined recently for sly gvog-selling. He understood that Ah Ming was the informant on that occasion, but that wa.3 not the reason of the assault on Ah Ming. All Fong gave similar evidence. His Worship at this stage said he considered that the prosecutor, All Ming, had exaggerated the a-ssault, which evidently arose out of a dispute at dominoes. He was not satisfied that Ah Fong to-ok an} part in the assault, and he would be dismissed. Ming You was obviously provoked by the prosecutor, but he was not justified in committing the assault. He would be fined £1. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 269, 10 November 1905, Page 2

NORRIE AND I. RUSSELL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS TECHNICAL COLLEGE CARNIVALS.
Seven hundred students of the Seddon Memorial Technical College competed in the annual swimming championships yesterday, the boys at Nawmarket Olympic Pool, and the girls at Shelly Beach. The individual champions were:—  50 yards breaststroke: D. Norrie. 1; R. Wah Lee 2; I. Botica, 3. Time, 42 3-ss.

Chinese and Sunday Labour.—

Chinese and Sunday Labour.—The police prosecuted ten Chinese market gardeners named Ah. Lee, George Duck, Ah Sun, Hing Yong, Kam Wah, Ah Ping Ling, George Ling, William J Linton , and Alfred W. Linton, for following their occupation in view of the public at Avondale on Sunday, February 12th. The defendants were represented by Mr W. J. Napier, who secured an adjournment of the cases until Wednesday, as he wished to have time to look into the legal aspect of the affair and summon some witnesses for the defence. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 45, 22 February 1905, Page 3

"DOUBLE TAXATION."
A CHINESE PETITION. CLAIM JjOR REFUND. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. An allegation that they have paid double the amount of taxation they should have on merchandise imported from China' over a period of 15 years was mad© in a petition from Wah Lee and Co., of Auckland, Chinese merchants, in' a petition presented to. Parliament yesterday. The petitioners allege that the Collector of Customs at Auckland had. assessed the duty chargeable at double the proper amount from 1912 to 1927, and. through their ignorance of the law they had suffered considerable financial loss, running into some thousands of pounds. The mistake -was discovered in July, 1927, but when representations were made to the Customs Department a refund was made only for the period from July, 1926, to July, 1927.
Legally, the petitioners were only allowed to claim in respect of three years, and they accordingly asked that Parliament should grant them a refund of the payments made during the two years prior to July, 1926.  Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 242, 12 October 1932, Page 8

CHINAMAN ON TRIAL.FALSE PRETENCES ALLEGED

CHINAMAN ON TRIAL.FALSE PRETENCES ALLEGED. MONEY FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS. ACCUSED CHARGES FAMILY SPITE. Bewildering Chinese names and conflicting testimony concerning involved financial transactions made the task of the jury a difficult one at the Supreme Court to-day when the trial of Albert Hong Duk, an English-speaking Chinese clerk, on five charges of false pretences and two charges of theft, was continued. Mr. V. N. Hubble conducted the prosecution, and Mr. E. W. Schramm represented accused. It was alleged by Crown witnesses that Duk had obtained £92 12/G from a young Chinese, Sing Soo Ying, 'or Young, also known as Eong Quan Foon, by false pretences. Ying said he had paid the money to Duk so that extensions of his temporary residence permit of six months might be obtained from the Customs Department. No extension of the original permit, granted in 1920, was applied for or granted, and recently Yiiig went to gaol for overstaying his permit. As to the theft charges, involving a, total sum. of £33 2/4, accused was alleged to have failed to account for £30 paid to him by Wai Lee, for payment to W. H. Madill for rent and buildings, and £3 2/4 paid to him by Ah Hong, for payment to the Auckland Electric Power Board. The case for the Crown was completed this morning. "I Was Going to Surrender." Detective P. J. Nalder outlined the inquiries made in connection with the case, following the complaints made by Sin Soo Ying. Witness told accused that Ying had alleged that sums of money amounting to £100 had been obtained from him by accused for extensions of the temporary residence permit. Accused replied: "I have been waiting for a warrant to be issued, and then I was going to surrender myself." Accused also said he had given up housekeeping, as it was too expensive. An admission that he had never made an application for an extension of Ying's permit was made by accused, who said he had received only £19 from Ying. Of that amount, £1 7/6 was for a clock, and the remainder was a loan. Accused said he still owed the money to Ying. Witness asked him if he understood that it was alleged he had obtained money by false pretences. "It is the spite of the Fongs," was the reply made to the question by accused, continued Detective Nalder, "There are thirty to forty Fongs in Auckland, and they are going to try to get me into goal. They have told you lies." Witness then told accused that Lee Lum had complained that accused had obtained money from him by false pretences. Accused replied; "I heard about that," and said Lee Lum was one of Wai Lee's men. Subsequently, accused declined to have his statement taken down on the typewriter at the Detective Office. Questioned concerning the other charges, accused had stated that he borrowed money from a lot of his friends, and his affairs were all muddled. Accused said he believed Ah Hong had paid him £1 5/-, but that was for the Masonic Lodge. Case for the Defence. Mr. Schramm opened the case for the defence by calling accused, Albert Hong Duk, who said he was a clerk, and had been employed by Wai Lee till October last, over a period of four years. In 1925 Wai Lee instructed him to write out an application for two Chinese, so that they might get permits for months' residence in New Zealand. The money for Ying's passage from Fiji to Auckland, a sum of £0 10/-, was paid by Wai Lee. Since Ying had been in Auckland witness had received only £19 from him. The money was paid in three sums, £5, £9, and £5. Of that amount, two shillings and sixpence represented repayment of a loan to Ying, £1 7/G had been paid by witness for a clock bought for Ying, and £10 10/- had been paid to Ying by witness on December 27 or 28, last. "The latter amount was for payment of an account for Ying's new suit of clothes. None of the money paid by Ying to witness had been paid for extensions of the Customs Department permit. Ever since 1924 witness had been involved in financial transactions with other Chinese, including Wah Jue and Willie Fong. In June last, witness received a cheque' for £50 from Wai Lee, and he cashed it in company with Wah Jue. He had no communication with, Ying about that transaction. Wah Jue was now in China. "Another Chinese War." Accused, continuing his evidence, said he went to see Ying in Mount Eden gaol. Ho was accompanied by Charles Fong, Fong Bew, and Fonk Yuk Chin. A request was made by Ying that witness should send to Sydney for money to pay the fine. Ying also asked that Wai Lee be requested to go bondsman for him. The complainant, Sin Soo Ying, was one of the Fongs. Mr. Schramm: Is there any ill-feeling between yourself andHhe Fongs? Accused: There is a lot of ill-feeling. Mr. Schramm: It is not another Chinese civil war, is it?— Well, I think so. (Laughter.) Under cross-examination by Mr. Hubble, accused said Lj paid £5 to a solicitor in payment of an amount of £30. However, the solicitor got judgment gainst him for the balance of £25. Wai Lee lied when he said witness owed him £25, in respect of the money entrusted for payment to Madill. The whole story about witness not having paid the moned to Madill was a lie. The story about the Power Board money was also a lie. It was all due to the spite of the Fongs. Mr. Hubble: According to your story you got nothing for what you did, but they owe you ten shillings?— Yes. Is Wai Lee one of the Fongs?—No, but he is in connection with them. Were you getting any money for going up to the gaol with all these Fongs, your deadly enemies? —No. Charlie was a friend of mine, not an enemy. Then what about Charlie Fong's evidence against you —He told a lie, too. Is Quan Foon the same as Sin Soo' Young? —I don't know. He used to be Fong Foon. What had been said yesterday about the permit applying to S. S. Young was incorrect. Accused said the whole sum of £19 had been handed to him quite willingly by Ying. When Ying lent you £9. to go to the races, did you tell him that a warrant was out for his arrest for overstaying his permit?—No, because I did not know then that he was Sin 'S. Young. I thought he was Quan Foon,

But you told the Customs that Sin S. Young was in Palmerston North?— Yes, because Wah Juh (the absent Chinese) told me to say he was there. I suppose Sin Young was lying all through his evidence?— Yes, it was a made-up story. Accused denied having received £50 from Sin S. Ying or Young at any time. Constable Hinton was not present when the conversatiou which he (the constable) related in evidence took place. Mr. Hubble: Yon dui't suggest the constable deliberately manufactured that evidence? —Oh, no. Why did you leave Wai Lee's employment —Because of the Fongs. They were boycotting him because of me. This getting money from Chinese for extensions has been done before, and you knew about Charlie Lee's case?— Yes. He went to gaol on charges very similar to those made against you?— Yes. (Proceeding.) Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 112, 14 May 1929, Page 5

COLLEGE BOXING Seddon Memorial Technical College boxing championships.  Lightweight, R. Wah Lee v. J. Boreham. Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 255, 27 October 1944, Page 7

MR. GIN COOK YIN.

MR. GIN COOK YIN.
Well known in the city, Mr. Gin Cook Yin, who traded under the name of Wah Lee, died on May 14, after a short illness, at his home, 45,. Grey Avenue. Deceased, who was aged about 63, had been in business in Grey Avenue for the past 30 years. He had filled the office of Grand Master of the Auckland Chinese Masonic Lodge for the past 30 years. Eis body is being embalmed, and will be to Chica for burial. Mr. Dang Yin, his brother, who was in the firm, is still living, also a son, Mr. Arthur Ming Watt, who is in business in Auckland. There are two daughters in China. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 116, 19 May 1930, Page 3

U.S. AWARD TO CHINESE NURSE FROM AUCKLAND

By PHILIP MATTHEWS

TO an Aucklander falls the honour, of being the first Chinese nurse to be awarded the United States Civilian Emblem. She is Miss Annie Wah Lee.

Born in Auckland 27 years ago, Miss Wah Lee was educated at the Normal School, then in Wellesley Street, and at the Auckland Girls' Grammar School. After she had had a year's study at the Grammar School the Wah Lee family returned to China, where Miss Wah Lee completed her education.

After leaving college, Miss Wah Lee, who was a brilliant student, taught English. She was at this time staying with a Jamaican girl, and by her she was introduced to a priest, who advised her to take up nursing. Through his good offices she was able to join the Kowloon Hospital, where she gained her first year's training as a nurse. Then followed a further five years' training at the Queen Mary Hospital, Hongkong, at the conclusion of which Miss Wah-Lee was appointed matron of the Hospital of the Precious Blood, which was also situated in the British Colony, and was run by sisters of the Roman Catholic Church.

At the time of the fall of Hongkong, Miss Wah Lee's two sisters, Nancy and Alice, whose exciting escape to Free China and subsequent voyage to New Zealand was reported in the Star last year, were on the island. Miss Wah Lee was on the mainland at the time, but at risk of her life she crossed to Hongkong to contact her sisters. As a nurse she was able, through a doctor, to gain a special pass to make the trip, but even so the hazards were considerable. The Japanese wanted to keep her on the island to nurse their own sick and wounded, but she refused, and since the Japanese were more concerned with subduing the British on Hongkong rather than the Chinese—except those of wealth or high position—the request was not enforced. Sisters in Disguise •Her. two sisters, disguised as old women, were taken to occupied China on a refugee boat controlled by the Japanese, and Miss Wah Lee later made a similar trip. This service was run by the Japanese in order to reduce the population on the island, and it was a dangerous voyage. Apart from the fact that many people were brutally clubbed to death by the Japanese in their efforts to control the thousands of refugees on the wharves and that a large number of old women and children were trampled to death, the Japanese themselves often attacked the boats and robbed the passengers. Furthermore, young Chinese women were liable to be molested by the lustful Japanese soldiers.

Miss Wah Lee was fortunate in escaping harm and after reaching the mainland made her way by foot, ricksha, sedan chair and truck to Free China. The last-named means of transport, though faster than the others, was reliable, for many of the lorries ran on coal when out of petrol and were prone to come to a halt leaving the. occupants to spend a night on the mountains. Nevertheless, the journey to Chungking—a distance of some 700 miles as the crow flies —was completed in .three weeks. In the wwtitne capital Miss Wab Lee contacted a priest, with thf; assistance of whom she obtained a position with the American Red Cross, rising to a position of prominence.

Miss Wah Lee has not said much about her appointment to her family, but they know she had been associated with the care of the sick and wounded American servicemen. Part of her duties have been of an inves'tigatory nature and she also made many trips by air to India in connection with the purchase of supplies. For her services to the Army the Civilian Emblem was awarded in October last. Miss Wan Lee has also been in contact with Madame Chiang Kai-shek. A few weeks ago Miss Wah Lee went to the United States, where she will further her studies in nursing work. She expects to be in America about two years before returning to China. It is understood by her family that she passed through New Zealand en route, but was unable to land and see her brothers and sisters. Her parents are in occupied China. Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 27, 1 February 1945, Page 4