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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 175, 11 August 1937, Page 5

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' AUCNL^NE), Last Night. Honpy tq' sppport liqr in 'eyent of way is ppvv i>qing pontribqtqd to China by iier subjects all qver the wqvld, and it is stated that so fqr in Nq\y Zealand, where tliqre ;ire betwqen 25Q0 and 3000 p|iinese, " the suiu of appi'oximqtpiy £iO,0O(l has been qol|qctcd. Whilo the appeql has b.oon opcratiqg throqgli ti|o Chpiesp Assqciat|on Tueqrpqrqtpd in qthqr pqrfa of Nqw Zealand fqr soinq tjpie past, it ivas not untii Moiiday tiiat it wqs iaupcheq in Anqklan4i wllPtP theyp is a Ghinesq population of about 5000- Tliere is uo snggestion froqi the iut'prmatiqn "Co.rwai$e4 tP hTew Zqalqpd that volqntecys wili' be soqght pqtsyde Qlpna, aq4 it was explained that tliere was no cpmpylsion on Chipesq sqbjects liviug in othqt coqqtriqa to retqrn to Ghipa in evep't qf uu* p.ptbypqk qf seriqqs hostilitiqs. ' It was nqt nian_ power that Chypq i'qqnd " heyseif Iqe^ipg, if yqs stated, as ivithip tlie country "there wer.p mqre men thaq eqough tq defepcl their country. ' ' XYhp.n there are so many of qur countrynien pyepated to giye their lives fqy t^e chflsq of Ohiqa, if t^ie. need arises, it would be A poor tfing ii! the Chinese settled in other lands cannot do sonifithiqg to assist theqi,". sqif Mf. Andyew Ghong, spcyptavy of the Aqcklqq4 Chiqesp Assoeiation. "ft is a i gestqre on o.qr part fhat "wq are con- ■ tyibuting fuq4s tq Chipa's world-wido j appqai, qqd f aqi qqable to confirm the , apiount raised in Ncw Zealanf.