PERMITS OVERSTAYED.
TWO CHINESE FINED £2O. ORDERS FOR DEPORTATION. Pleas of guilty were entered in the Police Court yesterday by Lum Lee and .Wong Ak, middle-aged Chinese gardeners, -who were charged with overstaying their temporary permits to remain in New Zealand. Speaking for Lum Lee, Mr. Tong said : I regret that Your Worship's time has to be wasted on cases like these, but— Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M.: Oh, do not worry about me. I am paid for my time : and these eases do not waste it. Chief-Detective Hammond: No. But they waste plenty of the detective force's time. Poverty was Ltun Lee's reason for remaining in the. Dominion, Mr. long added. He desired to return to China, lint for thai, money was needed ; and Lum Lee had no money. The Magistrate: Did iio lose it all [playing fan-tan ? "He had none to lose," counsel replied. The Magistrate: Then on your own showing he came here a visitor without Jnoney. What is the good of that ? If that sort of thing goes on what will happen ? Fines of £2O were imposed on each ac-t-used, and deportation orders were made. On payment of the fines the Court ordered 'iho men should be given their liberty jperiding their departure.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19962, 2 June 1928, Page 14
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