THIRTY CHINESE
An amusing story of the Otago goldfields, vouched for by Mr. John Dwyer, formerly superintendent of police at Christchurch, was related to a reporter of the Press. Recalling that the incident happened a few years before he was stationed on the goldfields, Mr. Dwyer said that the police arrested SO Chinese for infringing the gambling laws. On their way to Dunedin with the prisoners, the police had to stop overnight at Naseby. In the morning only 29 Chinese could be accounted for. The missing prisoner could not be located and his compatriots professed complete ignorance as to the cause of his disappearance and his whereabouts. Fearful of arriving at headquarters without their full complement, the wily escorts put their heads together. So, passing a lonely spot , near Wedderburn, they calmly took in charge a much-bewildered Chinese who was digging by the roadside. Arrived at Dunedin, 30 Chinese were duly handed over in accordance with the number specified on the police information sheet. The next day the 30 Chinese were convicted, despite the repeated ejaculation of “No savee, no savee,” on the part of one of their number, who duly served 14 days in Dunedin Gaol.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4844, 12 May 1936, Page 7
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197THIRTY CHINESE King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4844, 12 May 1936, Page 7
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