Friday, December 31, 2010

Mr. Lam Chik-shang,


Taken at St Paul's Church, Glenealy, Honq Kong, after the wedding of Mr. Lam Chik-shang, the eldest son or Mr. Lam Woo, one of Hong Kongs foremost eontractors and a promlnent member of the Anglo-Chinese Church, to Miss Violet Tock, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Leung Took, of Melbourne, Australia. George N. Tock gave his sister away. The bridesmaids were Misses Sue A. L. Goeey and Grace Suen, while the flower girls wore Misses Joyce Lim and May Law. Mr. Lam Chik-ho supported his brother as best man, and Mr. Wong Ying-hand was groomsman. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 131, 8 December 1928, Page 14

Sue Pee

Sue Pee

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZTR19280913.2.9.1&srpos=1&e=-------100--1----0leung--LIVED IN THE LONELY HUT with Sho Leung Shum, the murdered Chinese prospector—^Sue Pee, chief witness for the Crown. (See story of . Kyeburn tragedy on page 8.)

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Raetihi Maori Cemetery

Wong Yee Chong and Wong Gan Chong Auckland

New Zealand Chinese Headstones

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In The Mountain's Shadow

In The Mountain's Shadow
A Century of Chinese in Taranaki 1870 to 1970 (ISBN 978-0-473-17508-5)

The year in which the Chinese first arrived in Taranaki is unclear, but it may have been some time before 1874. Entrepreneur Chew Chong had already discovered fungus in the province, having advertising for it in a January 1874 edition of the Taranaki Herald.
This book provides a historical record of the Chinese in Taranaki during this period. A collection of early newspaper articles and advertisements, government records and interviews with locals and families of the early Chinese provide an insight to their lives.
August 2010