OBITUARY

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 145, 21 June 1934, Page 15

OBITUARY

MRS. M. A. WONG

News has been received by Mr. Yue H. Jackson, of Wellington, of the death in Hong Kong of Mrs. Mary Ann Wong, at the age of 59. She will be- reas assistant missioner to the Chinese in Wellington. Mrs. Wong was engaged in work at the Anglican Chinese Mission in Frederick Street for about 25 years and was much respected (and indeed beloved) by Chinese and others who came in contact with her in her work. She was. born in Australia and came to.New Zealand where she was married' to the late Mr. Daniel Wong, who was at the time in charge of tho mission in Wellington. Mrs. Wong was particularly successful in her work among the Chinese women in Wellington. She would meet these women when arriving in New Zealand, and would give them a word of comfort as strangers in a strange land, and help th.cm. in every possible- way to accustom., themselves to their new and strange surroundings. Mrs. Wong left Wellington for Hong Kong in 1927 and joined the family of the Rev. E. Y. P. Lee, chaplain of St. Paul's College, Hong Kong. In his letter conveying the sad news, Mr. Lee informs Mr. Jackson that Mrs. Wong } ia a di o d j n the Hong Kong Hospital after an operation. She was buried in the Chinese Christian cemetery, in the l>;autiful "Happy Valley" of Hong Kong. News of Mrs. Wong's demise has been received by the Chinese in Wellington with great sorrow.