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SATURDAY, JUNE ?7. ~~ At 2 o'clock sharp. W H. and A. MCGARRY have been favored with instructions from Mr Chew Chong to sell by public auction at their Mart, High Street, Eltham, 9 first-class Building Sites on the Eltham Road, close to Eltham Railway Station and adjoining Roman Catholic Church These sections have frontages to the Eltham Road varying from 45 to 60 ft with plenty of depth. As Mr Chew Chong wishes to realise before leaving on a trip to China this is a first-class opportunity for those requiring building sites well situated and convenient to the township. Full particulars on application to the above Auctioneers.
| Hawera & Normanby Star | 14 June 1899 | Page 3 |
OBITUARY MR CHEW Chong
OBITUARY
MR CHEW Chong The death occurred at New Plymouth yesterday morning of Mr Chew Chong, who was a well-known figure in Taranaki, 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 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 was engaged in store keeping and gold mining for eleven years. In 1868 Mr Chong proceeded to New Zealand, landing at Dunedin, where he remained -for two. years. He commenced-travelling the colony 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, Mr Chong began buying in 1868, and many a back block bush settler can testify to the help derived from the fungus harvest. It was in 1870 that the late Mr Chong settled in New Plymouth and established a store, in conjunction with which he also ran a fungus business. He continued operations for over twenty years, besides having branches at j Inglewood and Eltham for some time. He subsequently turned his attention | "to dairy farming when farm-made butter would bring only 4d per lb, and in 1887 established the Jubilee Dairy Factory 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 independent in the matter of supply for his factory, and he 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 Chong remained in New Plymouth, having 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 (New Plymouth) .—News.
MR CHEW Chong The death occurred at New Plymouth yesterday morning of Mr Chew Chong, who was a well-known figure in Taranaki, 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 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 was engaged in store keeping and gold mining for eleven years. In 1868 Mr Chong proceeded to New Zealand, landing at Dunedin, where he remained -for two. years. He commenced-travelling the colony 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, Mr Chong began buying in 1868, and many a back block bush settler can testify to the help derived from the fungus harvest. It was in 1870 that the late Mr Chong settled in New Plymouth and established a store, in conjunction with which he also ran a fungus business. He continued operations for over twenty years, besides having branches at j Inglewood and Eltham for some time. He subsequently turned his attention | "to dairy farming when farm-made butter would bring only 4d per lb, and in 1887 established the Jubilee Dairy Factory 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 independent in the matter of supply for his factory, and he 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 Chong remained in New Plymouth, having 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 (New Plymouth) .—News.
| Hawera & Normanby Star | 8 October 1920 | Page 4 |
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