Saturday, January 29, 2011

CHINA C. 1900.

CHINESE PRISONERS, PERHAPS BOXERS OR CRIMINALS, WITH WRITTEN TAGS ATTACHED TO DECLARE THEIR CRIME. THEY ARE STOOD ON A PILE OF STONES, ONE STONE REMOVED DAILY GRADUALLY INCREASING PRESSURE ON THE http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/A05068

Townsville, Qld. July 1942.

Chinese women and children evacuated from Lae, New Guinea, prior to the Japanese invasion, stand on the deck of the ship which brought them to Townsville, Queensland.
http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/150032

RATONGOR, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-19.



A COMPLETE CHINESE FAMILY SOON AFTER THEIR LIBERATION FROM THE CHINESE INTERNMENT CAMP WHERE THEY HAD LIVED FOR MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF YEARS UNDER JAPANESE SUPPRESSION.http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/097039

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-03-16

OF THE 653 CHINESE WHO DIED WHILST CAPTIVES OF THE JAPANESE, 259 WERE RE-INTERRED IN A CHINESE CEMETERY AT RABAUL. THE NEAT GROUNDS, ROWS OF MARKED GRAVES AND AN INSCRIBED MEMORIAL MONUMENT WERE DEDICATED IN A SPECIAL CERMEONY ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY, CHINESE ARMY AND CHINESE COMMUNITY. SHOWN, THE ENGLISH AND CHINESE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE BASE OF A MONUMENT ERECTED TO CHINESE WAR DEAD.
http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/099922

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-05.



NX102393 LIEUTENANT D. KINNA, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION AND SERGEANT H. HONG CHOY, LANGUAGE DETACHMENT LAND HEADQUARTERS, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS WITH SOME OF THE PARTY OF 25 CHINESE WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO WERE CONSCRIPTED INTO THE JAPANESE ARMY AT CANTON, CHINA SOME THREE YEARS AGO IN THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT COMPOUND SOON AFTER THEIR ESCAPE FROM THE ENEMY AT KIETA. http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/078262

Torokina, South Bougainville Island. 2 April 1945.

Personnel of Allied Translation and Interpreter Section (ATIS), 2nd Australian Corps. Pictured, left to right: Sergeant H. T. Hong Choy; N. Yamanaka; Captain F. G. Thomas, Officer Commanding; M. Matsumoto; Private E. Jen and Sergeant N. E. Davis. http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/030500/02

Resting Place Wiilie Lee

Oswestry General Cemetery

Chan Paak Yue Sungai villager

Hawera - Unknown dates

Chan Lai Chun - Sungai villager

Opunake 1918. He was recorded as the Unknown Chinaman

Billy Sing

Photo Jason Hayward - Billy Sing Face Book

Billy Sing

Photo Jason Hayward - Billy Sing Face Book

Friday, January 28, 2011

Shanghai

The Prudential Assurance Co



New Zealand Branch Inaugural meeting with New Zealand Millionaires Club 26 March 1969.

Seated : J S Pirie, R J Allen, L J Small, J.P, General Manager for Australia and New Zealand: S C Canfield, Life Branch Manager for New Zealand : C C Hough, Chairman: J J Cormick, Agency Manager for New Zealand V R Stace, R G Todd

2nd Row: G M Campbell Dip I I N Z, D A Singe, E R Coote J P (Retired), A V Davie, R S Parkhill, G C Collins, N D Ingall, D M Harris, Field Unit Manager (Northern Blue): W G Kane Dip I I N Z

3rd Row: E A R Bishell, F J Domney, R E Morrissey, M H Birch
Studio Spencer Digby

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Card Players - Canton 1980

Overseas Chinese Hotel Canton 1980

The only place foreigners could stay.

Villagers from Cheung Dai



They came from the village to the city - relatives, but now unknown names.

Village Lane Canton 1980

Panmure Auckland



A market garden - the house in the background was where my Grand Uncle lived.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

The Golden Tide - Radio Broadcast

The Golden Tide was produced by Sonia Yee for Radio New Zealand National. Photograph by Stan Chun.

"I have been truly inspired by the people I met on this journey. For me, as a second-generation Chinese New Zealander it brought things closer to home - real people and real stories that come from multiple and contrasting perspectives.

I interviewed more than 20 participants whose stories at times are unexpected and unsettling, funny and enlightening, but more importantly, reveal the diverse voices and experiences of one of New Zealand's long established communities. My aim for The Golden Tide is to push boundaries - culturally and creatively, to move beyond stereotypes and ultimately share this vision with a broad New Zealand audience...”


Special thanks to: The Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust, all the participants who gave their time so generously, Riki Gooch, Stephen Gallagher, Darren & Jason Pat, Esther & David Fung, Peter Kohing, George & Shirley Sue, Charles Mabbett, Jason McClelland, Matt Thompson, Phil Brownlee, Helena Nimmo, and my mentors; Jack Perkins and Phil Smith.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/documentaries/thegoldentide

Friday, January 14, 2011

MAN LING (The Accused Chinaman).



Criminal Offence Alleged In a Vegetable Shop Accused Committed for Trial, In the Wellington Magistrate's Court, on Wednesday last, a yellow-colored member of the "cabbagee and lettucee" brigade named Man Ling was charged with having committed a serious assault on a little girl, aged 13 years.
NZ Truth , Issue 565, 15 April 1916, Page 7

LOO SHOOK (Plaintiff).

LOO SHOOK (Plaintiff).
Judgment was given for defendant in a case in the Magistrate's Court in which Dr. Francis Wallace MacKenzie was sued by a Chinaman, Loo Shook, for £182, claimed for wages. Shook said he was engaged in Wellington by the defendant to work on the latter's farm at Kawhia at a weekly wage of £1 for three years. He received nothing beyond "keep" and a pound or two of tobacco. The defence was there was no agreement to pay wages, plaintiff being sent to the farm from motives of charity. Magistrate Evans decided there was no expressed contract of employment. Leave to appeal was granted.

NZ Truth , Issue 449, 24 January 1914, Page 5

Loo Wai and Ah Kum



NZ Truth , Issue 449, 24 January 1914, Page 5

CHINESE LABOUR

A DOCTOR AND HIS FARM THREE YEARS' WAGES CLAIMED EVIDENCE IN COURT. Alleging that his wages were some 3£ years in arrears, an aged Oriental named Loo Shook 'figured in the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. J. S. Evans, S.M., as plaintiff in a civil action against Dr. Francis Wallace Mackenzie, of Wellington. The claim was for £182 as wages said to be v due at the Tate o£ £1 ,per week, from September, 1909, to March, 1913. Mr. V. R. Meredith appeared for the plaintiff, while the defendant conducted his own defence. In outlining Loo Shook's case, Mr. Meredith 6aid that Dr. Mackenzie owned a farm near Kawhia, on which he had placed a manager, and a China-man named Loo Wai. Loo Wai had laboured under tho impression that he was to receive £1 a week, but he had never received any remuneration. Through a Chinese patient. Dr. Mackenzie got in touch with Loo Shook, and offered him an engagement as a farm labourer at £l per week, .The .property was a rough one, and there was much heavy work in the shape of bush-felling and the like. Periodically the defendant visited the farm, and on each occasion when Loo Shook asked for money he received an evasive answer. Eventually he persuaded the manager to pay his* fare to Wellington, where ho again approached Dr. Mackenzie for his wages. He had two interviews with the defendant, and on each occasion -was "put off," and on the third occasion when ho called the doctor had gone away. Happening to call subsequently, the Chinese saw Dr. Mackenzie, who, in repudiating the debt, told him that if he bothered him again he would hand him over to the police. Counsel added that Loo Shook had always been able to get work before going to Kawhia, and at tho present time had a' position under offer at, the rate of £1 10s per week and iound. It was out of all reason to expect that Loo Shook would have undertaken to bury himself in the backblocku away from his associates, and doing rough, hard work, unless he had been told that ho would be paid for ifc. Counsel did not think that the defendant would say that he had ever paid the plaintiff anything, but he had evidently reckoned that he was entitled to send the Oriental to hard, slogging work in the backblocks and pay him nothing. "I recognise^" stated Mr. Meredith, "that the plaintiff is a Chinaman and the defendant a medical practitioner in Wellington, but it is hardly conceivable that the plaintiff would do this for tucker and a few second-hand clothes." A COMPATRIOT'S EVIDENCE. Evidence was given by Ah Kum, a resident of Wellington, as to Dr. Mackenzie having told him that he was willing to give Loo Shook a job up country. Loo Shook had subsequently told witness that he was to be paid £1" a week. In the course of his cross-examination of witness, Dr. _ Mackenzie said that Kum's evidence in chief was "a tissue of lies." Loo Shook, the plaintiff, gave his evidence, bearing out the allegations outlined by his counsel in opening, after which he was cross-examined by the defendant. Look Shook admitted that lie was known as Tom' Savers" in 1116 oIU daysj but denied that lie had been a fighting man. He had once. worked for defendant's father for about ten years. He had not told the defendant tliat he had been on the spree, and could not get work locally, or that he was .too old to work. BEFORE LOO SHOOK'S ARRIVAL. Another witness, Loo Wai, swore that he had been working on the Kawhia farm for eighteen months before Loo Shook's arrival. Dr. Mackenzie * had taken him to the farm, and had offered him (witness) £1 per week. Witness had asked the defendant for money, but ,had received only two sums — £1 and £2. Dr. Mackenzie had told him that he would knock £100 off his account for attending to witness's eyes. THE DEFENDANT'S STORY. In opening his case for the defence, Dr. Mackenzie addressed the Court, alleging that the Chinese had collabor* ated against him, although his treat' ment of them was really an act of charity. The position was this : Loo Wai went to him, old and blind. He operated on him, cured him, and sent him to the farm. He had charged Loo Wai only £1 Is consultation fee. He (defendant) was cornered through the collaboration of the Chinese, and he asked that the case be adjourned so that the evidence of his_ manager, who was at present at Kawhia, could be taken. According to Mr. Meredith, the manager's evidence could be taken in the Kawhia district, to which the defendant rejoined that this would entail his journeying to Kawhia. "Why not," suggested Mr. Meredith, "get a solicitor?" Dr. Mackenzie : I can't afford to. I am as poor as anything. I can hardly get along. / Counsel : Didn't you go surety for one of the strike leaders in tho sum of £500? Rather a large sum to plead poverty on ! The Court then adjourned till this morning, when defendant's evidence was taken. During the hearing Mr. Meredith stated that Loo Wai was proceeding in the _ Supreme Couvt on a claim for £253 against Dr. Mackenzie. Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 13, 16 January 1914, Page

Sunday, January 2, 2011

New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973

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New Zealand Immigration Passenger Lists, 1871-1915, database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/); citing Archway Public Archives, Wellington. FHL microfilm, 718 rolls. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Saturday, January 1, 2011



CHINESE SPORTS AT KARORI VAML.-On the left, the Chinese-Consul (Mr,Ou Tainshuing) and Wellington yesterday at Karori Park in honour of the eighteenth anniversary
Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 89, 11 October 1929, Page 7

A CHINESE HOLIDAY

Tomorrow will be observed, by the Chinese residents of Wellington as a holiday, being the 18th anniversary of the Kepublic of China. All Chinese shops will be closed all day, and sports will be held at Karori Park, commencing at noon.


Mr. and Mrs. Percy J. T. Leong leaving the Central Baptist Church, Boulcott Street, after their wedding. Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 63, 16 March 1943, Page 6


GROUP INCLUDING CHINESE ORDAINED TO THE ELDERSHIP OF THE CHINESE CHURCH, JUNE 12, 1904. At Bck. Rev. W. Hewitson, Elder Lo Kwong and Rev. A. Don. — Gill, photo. Front Row: Elders W. Chan and Paul Chan Otago Witness , Issue 2627, 20 July 1904, Page 46


MR FOONG LAI LAW, Assistant preacher at the Chinese Church, Dunedin. Mr Law arrived from Canton last month. — H. J. Gill, photo. Otago Witness , Issue 2884, 30 June 1909, Page 44


NEW ZEALAND PRESBYTERIAN CHINESE MISSION: DUNEDIN CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL GROUP. (The photo which is by HL J. Gill, is the largest yet taken in his studio.) Otago Witness , Issue 2789, 28 August 1907, Page 44


Photo kindly lent by the Rev. A. Don THE WAR IN CHINA : LONDON MISSION, HONG KONG-. Group of Chinese "Women and Children Christians at Dr. Chalmers's Farewell, 1899, Otago Witness , Issue 2417, 12 July 1900, Page 25

Willie Ah Chee



Hanna, photo. Willie Ah Chee, aged 7 years, A CHINESE PRODUCT OF NEW Zealand GROWTH.
Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 1003, 26 March 1898, Page 7


Son of Mr Sew Hoy, the well-known Chinese merchant. —Muir and Moodie, 26-9-1900
Otago Witness , Issue 2428, 26 September 1900, Page 25