FATHER OF FIFTY-SIX.
A CHINAMAN'S DISTINCTION. MELBOURNE, Saturday. A tall, slim man of sixty-nine years, Kwong Sue Duk, a Chinese herbalist, of Russell Street, who reported to the police that he was robbed of £1237, has earned distinction among his countrymen, and. for that matter, among Europeans too, by the fact that he claims to be the father of fifty-six children by four wives. Ten of the family live with the father in Melbourne, but the rest are in America or China.
His eldest son was educated at Columbia University, U.S.A., and is now at Harvard University. He is a Bachelor of Arts and master of business administration, and also occupies the position of president of the Boston branch of the Younjr Men's Christian Association.
Of the sum stoden, £1094 was brought over from Sydney on Thursday afternoon by two Chinese for the purpose of purchasing bananas, jyhile £142 belonged to Kwong Sue Duk, who was counting the money in a back room when three men rushed in, assaulted him, and, picking up the money, ran away. Kwong Sue Duk was injured about the head.-
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 292, 7 December 1920, Page 7
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