Thursday, December 15, 2011
THE KAKANUI DISASTER.
THE RELIEF FUND. We have received the following additional subscriptions in aid of tha Kakanui relief fund Already acknowledged £180 5 0 James Ed'-ar x x 0 We are informed that the Chinese residents of ths city and suburbs have decided to make a pyrotechnic display in connection with the Kakanui open-air/irfe next week, that will beboth unique and on a sceJe never before attemptcJ in this part. With that object Mr Sew Hoy has gathered from his compatriots tho following sums:—Sow Hoy, £4 Duck Lee. draper, £1 j Tone Duok, draper. £1; Quie Vow. 10j; John A. Tong, Wi; On Lee, storekeeper! 10s; Meß Wah, storekeeper, 103; Toone Le gardener, 10a; Gow Shte, gardener, 5?; Joe' How, ss; Toong Qaong, greengrocer, 53; Yang Yrog, 53; Yang Joe, 53; Chong Sing, ss; Chow Yee, sj; Lee Mun, 53; Joe Duck and Ah Cheung, 53; Lou Joe, ss; GeeLoy, 3s; Yang Jure, 2s 6d Ho Mo, 2s 6d; Chan Wav, 2.? 6d Kum Soay, 2a Gd; Lum June; 2s Gd: Shine Mong, 2sGd; Yang Hon, 2 3 6d; Chui Mo. 2s Cd; Tong Wing, 2s 6d; Chow Shing,2s; Lou Guk,23; LeeLoy,2s; Sou Tie, 2s. The committee .who have the matter in hand are Duck Lee,draper; Joe How, Walker street; Chone Sing, Walker street; Mca W E b, Staford street- Sou Tie, Walker street-any of horn will gladly receive additional subscriptions. Otago Daily Times , Issue 9048, 25 February 1891, Page 2
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The digital scans of the PapersPast website are good at "reading" the Victorian-era newspapers but they sometimes misread some letters. This can be a problem when you're searching for Chinese names. In this list "Sow Hoy" should really be "Sew Hoy": Choie Sew Hoy, the Dunedin merchant.
ReplyDeleteHere is an attempt to transcribe the same list of names of Otago Chinese, who donated money when the government ship Kakanui was lost with all on board in February 1891:
Evening Star [Dunedin], 24 February 1891, page 2
Hope this helps - Trevor Agnew
THE KAKANUI.
We understand that the Chinese residents of the City and suburbs have decided to make a pyrotechnic display in connection with the Kakanui open-air fete next week that will be both unique and on a scale never before attempted in this part. With that object Mr Sew Hoy has gathered from his compatriots the following sums:—
Sew Hoy, £4;
Duck Lee, draper, £1; Tone Duck, draper, £1;
Quie Yow, 10s: John A. Tong, 10s; On Lee, storekeeper, 10s;
Mee Wah, storekeeper, 10s;
Toong Lee, gardener, 10s; Gow Shee, gardener, 5s;
Joe How, 5s;
Toong Quong, greengrocer, 5s; Yang Ying, 5s; Yang Joe, 5s; Chong Sing, 5s; Chow Yee, 5s; Lee Mun, 5s; Joe Duck and Ah Cheung, 5s;
Lou Joe, 5s; Gee Loy, 3s; Yang Jare, 2s 6d;
Ho Mo, 2s 6d; Chan Wan. 2s 6d; Kum Soay, 2s 6d;
Lum June, 2s 6d; Shing Mong, 2s 6d; Yang Hon, 2s 6d;
Chui Mo, 2s 6d; Fong Wing, 2s 6d; Chow Shing, 2s;
Lou Guk, 2s; Lee Loy, 2s; Sou Tie, 2s.
The Committee who have the matter in hand are—
Duck Lee, draper;
Joe How, Walker street;
Chong Sing, Walker street;
Mee Wah, Stafford street;
Sou Tie, Walker street;
any of whom will gladly receive additional subscriptions