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1251 International Chinese business directory of the world

Page 1251, International Chinese business directory of the world

Fruits and Groceries shop, listed on page 1251 of the International Chinese business directory of the world (1913) as being located at 40 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington.[1]

Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1924

Dominion News. A blaze in Wellington. (1924, June 28). Taranaki Daily News, 6. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19240628.2.74

On 6 November 1908, the New Zealand Times reported that Chong Wah, in Wellington, donated 2 to the funds of Wellington Hospital. It was noted that Chinese residents in Wellington had contributed a total of £111 8s. [2]

“Practical Sympathy,” New Zealand Times, November 6, 1908, Volume XXX, Issue 6660 edition, Page 3, accessed October 29, 2021, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19081106.2.9.

The Taranaki Daily News also reported that on 26 June 1924 a fire occurred in an eight-roomed building in Upper Willis Street, occupied by Wah Chong, laundryman, and F. H. Young and Co., fruiterers, at 6.25 o’clock that morning. The contents of the laundry, which was badly damaged, were insured for £215 with the New Zealand Insurance Co.[3]




  1. Huang, Jin. (1913). International Chinese business directory of the world. International Chinese Business Directory Co. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009241454
  2. “Practical Sympathy,” New Zealand Times, November 6, 1908, Volume XXX, Issue 6660 edition, Page 3, accessed October 29, 2021, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19081106.2.9.
  3. Dominion News. A blaze in Wellington. (1924, June 28). Taranaki Daily News, 6. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19240628.2.74

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