On the evening of Tuesday 22 August 1905, a public meeting was held at Young Town Hall in support of the abolition of the opium trade.
The meeting was chaired by the Mayor, George Whiteman Spencer and was organised locally by Lau Shu Kwai or George Quay, Lau Tsan Lun or Charles Lung (of On Lee & Co.) and E.H. Hunt (Manager of the Bank of Australasia).
A delegation of prominent Chinese merchants fro...