CHINESE IMMIGRATION. Press Association. Auckland Last Night. The Chinese population of Auckland is apparently on the increase. During the past three months 23 Chinese have landed at the port, each arrival contributing IOO to the revenue. Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7943, 5 January 1905, Page 2

CHINESE IMMIGRANTS. {By Telegraph Press Association], Auckland, Last Night. Twelve Chinese arrived from Sydney by the steamer Manuka. Six proved that they had previously resided in the Colony. The remaining six paid the customary £100 poll tax. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7877, 18 October 1904, Page 5

OPIUM SMOKERS FINED

(TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, This Day. At the Police Court, Frederick Chin an elderly Chinese, was fined £50, 'and Ah Hung £30, and two other Chinese £7 and £5 for being in possession and smoking opium. Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 116, 12 November 1924, Page 6

ManuKa Sydney to Wellington 1920 19/01/1920 Wong Foo 37 Low Jim 27 Young Mong Gill 11 Joe Chung Kee 12 Young Sing 27 Hock Snee 38 Low Show Yue 24 Young Sing Yip 35 Ng You Fong 11 Chang Nam Sook 35 Young Kum Bow 17 Au Shing Kwong 31 Gfow Ping For 17 Ng Pak Lim 30 14/02/1920 labourers from China Wong Woon Nam Ng Hing Yin Wong Ching Fong Ah Foo Low Ning Shing Shi Wong Yee Shin Kwong Foo Shing Chong Nam Do Fook Yue Hing Guen Yee Chong San Chan Yuen Kwong Lai Pit Wah Chung Poon Fat Cheong Wai Mok 30/03/1920 Sue Chong Sin 31 Chung Yee Boor 40 Chan Yok Kao 28 Chan Man Yuen 20 Chun Ka Yue 25 Wang Kee Sum 26 Sue Bing Lum 26 Goon Foon Choy 28 Shew Lam Too 27 Chew Lee 44 Low Sam Kwai (f) 24 Chun Chhon Hing 8 Jarm Yuet (f) 29 Low How Ying (f) 21 15/07/1920 Chan Wah Foon 17 Chan Jum Show 22 Lee Foon Ling 17 Ng King Chiew Chin Ng Kee Tin Soo Yin Hing Li Pun Chun 25 Har Wong Shee 16 Gee Kui 44 Louey Hong Kitt 51 Wong S Poy 11 Young Lim 23 Chan Jok Chan 38 Chan Wah Moon 17 Manuka Sydney to Wellington 9/02/1915 Joe Moe Wong You Wong Yue Wah Ah Louis Joe Sim Joe Sun Gee Dia Joe Chew Jew Kow Kwok Ling Kee Koo Tim Kwok Tso Wai Wong Yeung King

OBITUARY MR CHEW CHONG.

OBITUARY MR CHEW CHONG. The death occurred at New Plymouth yesterday morning of Mr ChewChong, who was a well-known figure in Tara*naki, and who has been credited with establishing the dairy industry in the province. Mr Chong, who was born in China, had reached the age of 92. He went.' to school in China. He had associated I with English people since his early days when he was a household servant in Singapore for ten years. In 1855 he went to Melbourne and wag engaged in storekeeping and goldmining for eleven years. In 1868 Mr Chong proceeded to New Zealand, landing at lsunedin, where he remained for two. years. He commenced-travelling the belony buying old metal to send to China, and during his journey he discovered the edible fungus —a favourite food in China. He was the first to begin the fungus industry, and bought and exported the first shipment. From the years 1872. to 1904, fungus of the declared value of 305,--995 was exported from New Zealand, jMr Chong began buying in 1868, arid many a,backblock bush settler can tes, tify to the help derived from the fungus harvest. It wa s in 1870 that the late^ Mr j Chong settled in New Plymouth and esi tablished a store, in conjunction with which he also ran a fungus business. j He continued operations for over twenity years, besides having branches at j Inglewood and Eltham for some time. He subsequently turned his attention "to dairy farming when farm-made butj ter would bring only 4d per lb, and in I 1887 established the Jubilee Dairy Fac! Tory at Eltham and equipped it with a separator. In 1889 he exhibited I samples of factory-made butter at the Dunedin Exhibition, and gained two certificates and a silver cup for the best half-ton available for export. Mr Chong claimed to have been a 'pioneer of the dairy industry in the Eltham district. At one time he had 200 cows in milk in order to be inde: pendent in the matter of supply for his factory, and h© afterwards added a- second. After sixteen years' experience, during which he had paid away large sums to local farmers, Mr Chong sold out. Retiring from business in 1900, Mr j Chong remained in New Plymouth, hayi ing resided at Vogeltown and Courtenay street.Mr Chong married a daughter, of Mr Joseph Whatton; of Masterton, in 1875. He is survived by a widow and three daughters and three sons. The family are: Mrs Wilkes (New Plymouth)," Mrs Wilkie (Rotorua), Miss Freda Chong (New Plymouth), Mr A. J. Chong. (Stratford), and Messrs W. H. and Gerald Chong j (New Plymouth) .—News. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, 8 October 1920, Page 4

EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY CHINA WAR OBSERVANCES

EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY CHINA WAR OBSERVANCES Three minutes' silence was observed at mid-day on Saturday by members of the Chinese community in Auckland, at the request of the Chinese Association and Chinese shopkeepers also closed their shops at that hour in recognition of the eighth anniversary of the outbreak of war with Japan. During the afternoon there was a meeting of Chinese, over which the chairman of the association, Mr. Ng Fong, presided, and in the evening a special service was conducted by the Rev. Y. S. Chau at the Chinese Church. Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 160, 9 July 1945, Page 3

COMING FROM PUNJAB.THE HINDU IMMIGRANT 60 THIS YEAR. AND 233 CHINESE. The Maheno on her visit to this port early on Tuesday morning, brought to New Zealand eighteen Hindus and sixteen Chinese. This brings the total of Hindu immigrants up to sixty since the New Year, while 33 Chinamen have made their debut in Auckland within the isamc period. Official records prove that the great majority of these Hindus are coming in from the Punjab, a North-Western province lying along the banks of the Indus, and watered by five tributary streams ito this river. Meet of these men who 'write queer little letters, asking for perniLasion to come into the country, are i from the same village, and there is I reason to believe that they look upon this land as a kind of Paradise before they land here. Still, they live simply according to our standards, make money and return with it to the land of their ancestors. It would appear that many of them mike several trips back home at intervals ot years, and come back again and again to make another little pile. Their earnings are seldom spent out here, but are used partly to act the lord in their own land and partly to pay the paasags money for their relations to come over and join them. The Chinese come from Canton for the most part, and it is always difficult to trace their doings. Few people know exactly where they get the £iOO for each poll tax, but it would seem that a few influential Chinese here have often a hand in the matter. Be that as it may, the Hindus and the Chinese, though absolutely apart in all their standards, always manage to take away from this country of their temporary adoption a great deal more than they bring into it or leave in it. Their fruit shops and laundries are all over Auckland, and almost every week sees a new Chinese concern open. Even in occasional instances they are beginning to trade in silk- and soft-goods. The Hindus are growing in numbers rather rapidly. They have a very simple educational test which presents no difficulty to them, and for the few who work fruit hawkers' barrows, and eventually, after a season of success open a fruitshop at a permanent stand like the one in Karangahape Road, there are iaany who join the encampments down the Main Trunk and engage on contract work on the roads and in the bush in the interior of the land, living cheaply and often in squalor, and in the meaatime, holding the major part of their wages with a view to the future. Although these men are apart altogether from the life of the coatnunitr, yet in a certain sense they continue to insinuate themselves into the city's dealings. They sell their wares at' a much cheaper rate than white men do, and they attract a considerable amount of custom. No more than a bare fraction of their takings comes back into circulation again, and just as they themselves keep within their own little colonies, isolated from all, go also their money is kept among themselves. Ail the evidence that can be gathered points to this fact that they conspire to drain the country. The movement of Hindus into New Zealand is still in its infancv. But it is growing. Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 90, 15 April 1920, Page 4

A CHINESE FUNERAL AT WELLINGTON.

A CHINESE FUNERAL AT WELLINGTON. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OW CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Thursday. The Times gives the following description of the funeral of a Chinamtin —A novelty in the way o£ funerals took place in Wellington yesterday afternoon, the occasion being the interment of the remains of a Chinaman, Chong Wow, who died at the Hospital a day or two ago. The procession left the Hospital at about two o'clock in the following order First the undertaker walking by the side of a Chinaman with a white puggaree wound ronnd his hat, who distributed pieces of perforated paper along the road. The coffin was borne by five Chinamen, carrying, in addition, a sack. The friends were very numerous, each Celestial smoking a cigarette. When tie cortege arrived at the English cemetery, where the deceased was to be interred, the gentleman with the puggaree removed the lid of the coffin, and exposed to view all that remained of the late Chinaman. Oat of a bag he produced a new wideawake hat, which he placed on the I head of the corpse. A uew white shirt and two pairs of socks were thrown into tha coffin, and a pair of Chiaess slippers (minu3 the soles) were placed on the feet of the deceased. A number of Chinese -tapers or rushlights were then stuck into the ground and lighted, emitting a smell like that of incense, during which process the mourners put about fifteen shillings' ivorth of silver into the coffin, together with a paper on •which Chinese characters were inscribed. The lid was then screwed down, and, the coffin having been deposited in the grave, the Chinamen distributed biscuits, lollies, apples, cigars, and several bottles of brandy among the Europeans present, ail of which had been conveyed to the cemetery in the coffin. This concluded a very novel and interesting ceremony. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7157, 24 October 1884, Page 3

Wong Hing Leong.

In loving memory nf our dear fatner, Wong Hing Leong. who passed away December 12, 1936. Always remembered by his loving wife. From Ping, and family. So Chee, Rose Carter and Ruby Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 294, 11 December 1943, Page 1

CHINESE DINNER EUROPEAN GUESTS NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS

CHINESE DINNER EUROPEAN GUESTS NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS On Saturday night the Chinese- New Zealand Society, recently formed, entertained about 80 Aucklanders to dinner in the cafeteria of Auckland University College For neariy all the European guests it whfoh ,u ew ex Pfrience, and one which they keenly enjoyed. Thev nin< L Chinese dishes, and nne Chinese hospitality. Their predifficulties in the use of cnopsticks Overcome under the ar ce o{ their hosts, they relished such delicacies as bird's nest soup, bamboo shoots, dried mushrooms and oysters. The president of the society, Mr. Henry Ah Kew, welcomed the guests and read a message from the Prime Minister. The Mayor, Mr. J. A. C AUum, as principal guest, the Rev. Chau, whose speech was interpreted by Miss Finlay, and the R ev. C. W. Chandler gave brief addresses, the theme of which was the desirability of promoting culuak rel at .i° ns between China and the Dominion and the necessity of a closer understanding between them both in war and in peace. After the dinner the guests spent a social hour in the smoking room. The Rev. Mr. Chau spoke yesterday afternoon to a large gathering in the city of members of the New Zealand People's University on "China and the Whole World." In the evening he officiated at a service held in the Chinese Church, Cook Street. An address was given by Madame M. Milburn, who spoke of the fellowship of Christian nations in arms and also outlined the history of Chinese-American diplomacy. The other important celebration held in Auckland was the service held on Saturday afternoon in the rooms of the New Zealand Chinese Association in Grey's Avenue, which was attended by nearly 100 members of the Chinese community. The Chinese National Anthem was followed by the repeating in chorus of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's message to the people of China. The religious service was conducted by Mr. Gum Leong Low. The principal speaker was Mr. Ng Day Pak, who was followed by Mr. Y. S. Cham and the Rev. Y. S. Chau. The function concluded with two items by a Chinese orchestra, with Chinese instruments. Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 241, 12 October 1942, Page 5

"DOUBLE TENTH" CHINESE CELEBRATE OBSERVANCE IN AUCKLAND

In celebration of the thirty-third anniversary of the foundation of the Chinese Republic about 500 Chinese and a few European friends gathered in the Tivoli Theatre yesterday afternoon. The meeting, which was organised by the Auckland branch of the Chinese Association of New Zealand, opened with the Chinese National Anthem. The gathering made the customary three bows to the portrait of the late Dr. Sun Yatsen, founder of the Republic, and the chairman, Mr. Gum Leong Lowe, read Dr. Sun's will. The chairman then declared the meeting open, and he was followed in addresses in Chinese by Mr. Ng Fong, Mr. Y. S. Chan, the Rev. Y. S. Chau and Mr. Ng Dai Bak. The speeches referred to the significance of the occasion and to recent developments in China. Listeners were exhorted not to be depressed by bad war news, for there were always ups and downs in wars, but to work the harder for victory. Being so far away from their home country, they were urged to give as much financial assistance to China as possible. The same theme ran through the Chinese vocal items, which were accompanied by a Chinese band. A collection was taken up and realised £554. The screening of a Ministry of Information film on China and a coloured film showing Madame Chiang Kai-shek in America followed. A welcome tb the English members of the audience was tendered by Miss Betty Ah Chee. "If you have not entirely comprehended our proceedings," she said, "let us hope that this afternoon has been sufficiently different to interest you enough to want to learn more of our customs and our language. I assure you it would afford us much pleasure to assist you over small obstacles in return for the guidance and toleration we have received in learning your language." The function concluded with four cheers for China: "Together! To victory!" "Down with the aggressors!" "Long may we have the Double Tenth to celebrate!" "Long live China!" Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 241, 11 October 1944, Page 6

APPEASING THE WANDERING SPIRITS:

Chinese communities around the world are celebrating the annual Hungry Ghost Festival, which is observed in the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The reference to ghosts is due to the belief that the gates of the underworld are thrown open during the seventh month - which this year runs from August 10 until September 7. Offerings of food are left for the wandering ghosts and elaborate paper statues are burnt to appease the spirits. Paper lanterns are also sometimes set adrift to help guide lost souls. Many see the Hungry Ghost Festival as an inauspicious time to engage in certain activities, including moving house and getting married, however this report from channelnewsasia.com reveals an increasing number of people are happy to ignore the taboo and tie the knot regardless.

Chinese Cycles of Years.

Among the many extraordinary eu9» toms of the Chinese is that of banding yeare together in groups of twelve, called cycles and naming each year of the series after some animal. Thus, the first year of a new cycle is the year of the Rat, the second the year of the, Ox, the third the year of the Tiger. Every Chinese horn in the year of the Rat belongs to the Order of the Rat, and so on. The animal "class" of every Chinese man and woman is thus recorded, and is held to be of great importance in foretelling the future. Another curious fact about the Chinese reckoning of time is that in the Celestial Empire a child is held to be one year old, as soon as it is born. With the absurd superstition so dear to the Oriental mind, a baby boy is frequently given a girl's name in order to deceive the evil spirits, who, apparently, have an objectionable habit of making it as hard as possible to rear a male child success fully.

Name Children

The Chinese care so little for their girl babies that they do not give them a baby name, but just call them Number One, Number Two, Number Three, according to their birth. Boys sre thought so much more of in China than girls that if you ask a Chinese father who has both a boy and a girl how many children he has, he will always reply, Only one child. Bruce Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 2359, 25 March 1892, Page 6

MURDER ALLEGED MOTHER AND BABY GIRL

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) TAUMARUNUI, December 2, A Chinese half-caste woman, Olive Cronin, aged 27 years, wife of D. K. You, a lorry-driver, of Taumarunui, was arrested by the police this afternoon on a charge of killing her daughter aged 2 1/2 months by cutting her throat with a Cleaver. Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 134, 3 December 1935, Page 18

A FOUNDLING BABY Hearing a baby crying at the doorway of the St Banabas Home for Lost Babies in Khaiidallah at 6 o'clock yesterday morning a nurse was surprised to find a baby of distinctly Chinese appearance.The baby waß a boy,three weeks old,and healthy, It was nicely dressed in a cotton frock, two silk and wool/vests, and woollen booties, and wrapped in a woman's blaek face-cloth overcoat with fur collar and cuffs, Inquiries are being made to discover the parentsof the child, and any information that might throw light on tho matter should be given to the Police Department. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 35, 11 February 1932, Page 13

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Cenotaph, Auckland Museum 1940s

Fruit Shop display early 1940s - Mt Albert