Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVI, 22 March 1909, Page 4
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A BANKRUPT. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIII, 13 December 1923, Page 5
A BANKRUPT. CHINESE MARKET GARDENER
A meeting* of creditors in the estate of Jack Ling, market gardener, Ha~ wera] was held in the office of the deputy official assignee yesterday afternoon. The unsecured debts totalled £331 7s 7d, and this was the total deficiency. The unsecured creditors aie: Sing On Kee (Wellington, £88 13s 7d, Mrs. Morgan (Hawera) £50, Dick Lee (Wellington) £21, Wong You (Stratford) £20, Wong Que (Eltham) £10, Farmers' Co-op. (Hawera) £14, Ekdahl (Hawera) £3 15s, Louie Lee (Patea) £8, Kwong Sang (Auckland) £7 ss, H. G. Apsey (Hastings) £11 14s,' Sing On Tai (Wellington) £19; A. Lun £5, £43.
In his statement the bankrupt said that in February, 1920. he went into partnership with Cheong Hop, under the name of Hop, Lee and Co., in a greengrocer's shop in Princes Street. C. Hop looked after the shop and witness worked in the garden. -After running the business for three months funds ran short and a cheque was dishonoured, so he took over the business himself and paid in £185, and later another £25, to keep things going. C. Hop continued to work for him. Some months later business began to go back, and he found that C. Hop was neglecting the work and was drawing moneys from the business for his -own purposes. Bankrupt tried to sell the. business/ and a man named Louie, from Manaia came in to buy. He stayed a fortnight, and after ordering £50 worth of goods in the name of Hop, Lee.and Co., he left. In the meantime (about November, 1921) bankrupt had taken over a garden on Beach Road. He then sold the stock in the business to a man named Fong, who paid £100 in cash. This money was put into the Beach Roa_ garden in taking over the crops and sundry chattels. C. Hop came to work for him there. Four other men were also work, ing for him, but they were eating up all his takings and he discharged them. Later on, C. Hop left also. Merchantsthen began to press for accounts owing by Hop, Lee and Co.. and in May, 1922, bankrupt borrowed £100 from Vooght, giving security over stock and chattels, and this money was used in keeping conditions quiet for the time being. During the same year thejbroccoli crop failed and the potato crop got the blight, causing a loss of about £250 to £300. Towards the end of 1922 the lease of the garden expired, and as his wife had been paying the rent out of her own money the landlord arranged to build her a small shop in front of the garden, ana renewed the lease in her name at the current rental value. There was pracj ticaily no goodwill in the lease. His I takings from the garden had been used |to pay wages, and he had also paid off £100 which he borrowed from Mr. Gee. His wife had all along been advancing him money to pay his creditors and she had advanced him altogether over £240, including £140 which he had used to repay borrowed money. His wife's advances; were also used to pay the rent, and for seeds, manures, etc. In-February. 1923,'Vooght required payment, and. being unable to meet it, the wife of bankrupt borrowed the money herself and took over the assets comprised in the security. This made the total amount paid by his wife on his account about £360, which was considerably more than the value of the assets taken over. His present position was mainly due to the unexpected claims which had been made against him as a partner in Hop, Lee and Co.. and to his losses in that business and the losses on Broccoli and potato crops in 1922 Recently judgment had been entered against him as a partner in Hop, Lee and Co. for £88 13s 7d. It was entered by Sing On Kee and Co., and as they were threatening further proceedings he had no option but to file.
The bankrupt was searchingly examined by Mr. Bayley, solicitor for Dick Lee. but no other creditor was represented and no resolution was passed.
Mr. Bayley said that the position disclosed was most unsatisfactory, and he thought o. full investigation should be made.
A meeting* of creditors in the estate of Jack Ling, market gardener, Ha~ wera] was held in the office of the deputy official assignee yesterday afternoon. The unsecured debts totalled £331 7s 7d, and this was the total deficiency. The unsecured creditors aie: Sing On Kee (Wellington, £88 13s 7d, Mrs. Morgan (Hawera) £50, Dick Lee (Wellington) £21, Wong You (Stratford) £20, Wong Que (Eltham) £10, Farmers' Co-op. (Hawera) £14, Ekdahl (Hawera) £3 15s, Louie Lee (Patea) £8, Kwong Sang (Auckland) £7 ss, H. G. Apsey (Hastings) £11 14s,' Sing On Tai (Wellington) £19; A. Lun £5, £43.
In his statement the bankrupt said that in February, 1920. he went into partnership with Cheong Hop, under the name of Hop, Lee and Co., in a greengrocer's shop in Princes Street. C. Hop looked after the shop and witness worked in the garden. -After running the business for three months funds ran short and a cheque was dishonoured, so he took over the business himself and paid in £185, and later another £25, to keep things going. C. Hop continued to work for him. Some months later business began to go back, and he found that C. Hop was neglecting the work and was drawing moneys from the business for his -own purposes. Bankrupt tried to sell the. business/ and a man named Louie, from Manaia came in to buy. He stayed a fortnight, and after ordering £50 worth of goods in the name of Hop, Lee.and Co., he left. In the meantime (about November, 1921) bankrupt had taken over a garden on Beach Road. He then sold the stock in the business to a man named Fong, who paid £100 in cash. This money was put into the Beach Roa_ garden in taking over the crops and sundry chattels. C. Hop came to work for him there. Four other men were also work, ing for him, but they were eating up all his takings and he discharged them. Later on, C. Hop left also. Merchantsthen began to press for accounts owing by Hop, Lee and Co.. and in May, 1922, bankrupt borrowed £100 from Vooght, giving security over stock and chattels, and this money was used in keeping conditions quiet for the time being. During the same year thejbroccoli crop failed and the potato crop got the blight, causing a loss of about £250 to £300. Towards the end of 1922 the lease of the garden expired, and as his wife had been paying the rent out of her own money the landlord arranged to build her a small shop in front of the garden, ana renewed the lease in her name at the current rental value. There was pracj ticaily no goodwill in the lease. His I takings from the garden had been used |to pay wages, and he had also paid off £100 which he borrowed from Mr. Gee. His wife had all along been advancing him money to pay his creditors and she had advanced him altogether over £240, including £140 which he had used to repay borrowed money. His wife's advances; were also used to pay the rent, and for seeds, manures, etc. In-February. 1923,'Vooght required payment, and. being unable to meet it, the wife of bankrupt borrowed the money herself and took over the assets comprised in the security. This made the total amount paid by his wife on his account about £360, which was considerably more than the value of the assets taken over. His present position was mainly due to the unexpected claims which had been made against him as a partner in Hop, Lee and Co.. and to his losses in that business and the losses on Broccoli and potato crops in 1922 Recently judgment had been entered against him as a partner in Hop, Lee and Co. for £88 13s 7d. It was entered by Sing On Kee and Co., and as they were threatening further proceedings he had no option but to file.
The bankrupt was searchingly examined by Mr. Bayley, solicitor for Dick Lee. but no other creditor was represented and no resolution was passed.
Mr. Bayley said that the position disclosed was most unsatisfactory, and he thought o. full investigation should be made.
A BANKRUPT.
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIII, 13 December 1923, Page 5
Patea
INTRUDERS IN CHINESE SHOP. FIRED ON BY OWNER. ONE WOUNDED IN
THE LEG. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) HAWERA, this day. The
''Star's" Patea correspondent telegraphs that the peace of Patca was disturbed about 11 o'clock last night by the sound of discharging firearms. Wong,
a fruiterer in Egmont Street, when retiring to bed heard sounds of his back
window opening, and shortly after heard the footsteps of two men within the
building. Wong loaded a revolver and went to the door of the room whence the
sound came. All was in darkness. He called out two or three times "Hands
up." There was no response to the demand, and Wong fired at the floor. He
again challenged without result and again fired, but this time hit one of the
intruders in the leg. The other, who was unwounded, made a hasty exit. The
wounded man came to Wong who, keeping him covered, switched on the light in the
shop and ordered the man off the premises. The wounded man is now in hospital.
The affair seems to have started in a joke to frighten Wong. Auckland Star,
Volume LIV, Issue 299, 15 December 1923, Page 6
THE YELLOW MAN FIRED Shots In The Stilly Night At Peaceful
Patea White Youth to Lead a Model Life. (Prom "Truth's" Taranaki
Rep.) The peaceful precincts of prosperous Patea (Taranaki) are not frequently
disturbed at the dead of night by a couple of revolver shots and the sound of a
Celestial voice yelling in anguish: "Help my shop!" But it appears
that even the most circumspect village must be subjected to a little
disturbance occasionally;- and just the other day saw the final stages of a
case m the Police Court following a midnight escapade which happened about the
middle of December last in the little boohi burg. On this occasion one of the
young bloods of the town, Percy Gordon Carey, was placed on probation for 12
months under stringent— but not too stringent conditions. The circumstances of
the affair, as revealed before Mr. J.S. Barton, S.M., showed Carey in rather a
bad light, it being stated in evidence that Albert Wong, the Chow owner of a
little fruit shop, had just locked up the spoils of the day's business and laid
himself to rest when the sound of the fruit room window being stealthily raised
put the wind up him. The Revolver Spoke - Hopping out of bed, Wong grabbed the
first thing he came tc, which happened judiciously enough— to be a
murderous-looking, six-shooter. He called "Who's there? I shoot if you
don't answer! But beyond the sound of stealthily moving feet the inky blackness
gave no sign. Wong could stand it no longer, and, after calling again, he put a
bullet into the floor "just to frighten him," and then fired a
second. The latter, however, was badly directed and it caught the intruder, who
proved later to be, Carey, in the leg. Wong switched on the light and
identified his guest; but resented all appeals to come across with the shooting
iron. He was marching the quarry to the village constable when the prisoner ran
away; so the brainy Chink again pierced the night air with bullet holes. The
youth Carey was subsequently roped m by 6ft 6in of blue uniform and charged
with, entering the shop of Wong with intent to commit a crime; also of being a
rogue arid a vagrant. The accused attempted to exonerate himself on the excuse
that he required cigarettes, but could not stretch it sofar as to say the free
and easy style of business warranted crawling into the shop, at midnight. The
Chink, too, settled accused's yarn by telling the Court that on the afternoon
prior to the dirty deed Carey had entered the. shop and had gone behind the
counter, calling Wong bad names and threatening to kill him. COVERED WITH THE
GUN. Was it any wonder, therefore, Wone asked, that he kept him covered with
the gun, and showed his affection by an occasional .shot? This was stated to be
the second occasion on which Carey had entered Wong's premises An this way, the
first time being one night a year ago. Mr. Cohen, for the accused youth,
submitted that the action "of Carey was committed more as drunken bravado
than with criminal intent, as he had been under the "fluence" at the
time. The. Magistrate wouldn't swallow this, however, and cited Carey's
expressed opinion that "these yellow 'should not be allowed in New
Zealand," and his offer to "wang the yellow His Worship. stipulated
that .the wayward one is to abstain from drink during his probation, and keep
from the hotels, and generally be a model boy, under pain of a term in gaol. NZ
Truth , Issue 954, 8 March 1924, Page 6
Chew Chong
Mr Chew Chong has received from the Commissioners of the New Zealand
and South Seas Exhibition a handsome silver cup, being tho prize awarded
to him for his exhibition of butter; also two certificates. On the cup
is engraved New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, 1889-90,
Presented by Messrs A. and T. Burt, Dunedin. Awarded to Mr Chew Chong,
Jubilee Dairy Factory, Eltham, New Plymouth, for the best half ton
export butter packed suitable for export." There are two certificates,
one being the first order of merit for butter Class A No. 1," and the
other is the second order of merit for butt r Class A No. 4." The cup
and certificates are to be seen in Mr Choy Kee's shop, opposite the Herald office; and we must congratulate Mr Chew Chong on his Buccess as a prizetaker.
Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8810, 20 June 1890, Page 2
Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8810, 20 June 1890, Page 2
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