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Located at 108 and 110 Tory Street,[1] Dick Lee & Co was a Traditional Chinese Herbalist.

In the early 1900s, Dick Lee and nephew Chung Ying were well known Chinese Traditional Herbalists. The store was central to the Chinese community at the time, becoming an ad-hoc support centre, where the respected Kum Yue would provide assistance to Chinese migrants. The Wellington Museum currently (2020) has a display with information on Dick Lee & Co.

Volume 1 Issue 1 (1921) of the Man Sing Times contains a small advertisement for "Dick Lee, General Merchant, 108 Tory Street, Wellington N.Z"[2]

In 1928 Dick Lee made a donation of £10 10s to the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Fund.[3]

Images from the Wellington Museum display on Dick Lee & Co (2017)
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William Lip Guey, Chinese interpreter, standing in front of Dick Lee & Co Chinese Herbalist, 110 Tory Street, Wellington, New Zealand. Photographed in 1974 In 1974 Dick Lee and Co was owned by Chung Chun Ying. In 2003 this premise was occupied by the Il Casino Ristorante and Piano Bar Credit: Murphy, Nigel Ralph, 1958-. Dick Lee and Co, 110 Tory Street, Wellington, New Zealand (1974). Ref: 1/2-200872-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22537741 http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22537741

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Oettli, Max Christian. (1966). Chinese restaurant, Wellington 1975.tif (804733) [Black and White Silver Gelatin Print]. PA-Group-00002: Oettli, Max Christian, 1947- :Photographs of New Zealand scenes. https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE25574247

Although the above image is titled "Chinese restaurant, 1975", it is most likely to be the window of Dick Lee's store, around 1966.[4]

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110 Tory Street, July 2017. Photo (c) Cameron Sang

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"Dick Lee, General Merchant, 108 Tory Street, Wellington N.Z" Nationalist Party (China), Wellington Branch, New Zealand. (1921, July 11). 民​聲​報​ The Man Sing Times Volume 001 Issue 001. Retrieved 24 January 2019, from https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/?p=r&collection=p20062coll5&id=614&rec=1

  1. Murphy, N. R. (1974, January 1). Dick Lee and Co, 110 Tory Street, Wellington, New Zealand. Retrieved July 10, 2017, from http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22537741
  2. Nationalist Party (China), Wellington Branch, New Zealand. (1921, July 11). 民​聲​報​ The Man Sing Times Volume 001 Issue 001. Retrieved 24 January 2019, from https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/?p=r&collection=p20062coll5&id=614&rec=1
  3. Evening Post. (1928, November 1). For Mount Cook. Evening Post, p. 9. Retrieved from https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19281101.2.96
  4. Email from Lynette Shum, 24 August 2020

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