A writer in the Hawera Star has some good words to say of Mr Chew Chong, of New Plymouth, the "father" of the dairy industry in Taranaki. Says he "Mr Chong was not only a pushing merchant, importer and storekeeper, having a business at New Plymouth us well as at Eltham, but showed his great faith in the dairying industry by putting a lot of his money into it, and offering to lend suppliers the cash- to buy cows with. At this particular time there was considerable bad feeling (1 think it was really race hatred) around this new Eltham factory ol Mr Chong' Some sneaky person or persons thought to damage his factory, reputation and busi. ness by working up a trumpery case of alleged fake weights at the factory. Tho outcome of the inspector's visit was that Mr Chong came out with flying colors; he was actually cheating himself and paying out more than he ought 'to his milk supplier.* the farmers. Milk was purchased by weight in those days. The informers were sadder men, anyway perhaps sorry financially they made a complaint. I always regarded Mr Chew Chong as a splendid business man, a good pioneer, and a gentleman.
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13091, 3 June 1913, Page 5
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