Moree Joss House

Moree Joss house - also referred to later as the Chinese Masonic Temple.

"Close by the spot where the crime was committed is a Chinese Joss House in Heber Street, where a gaudy looking flag, inscribed with queer hieroglyhics in the Chinese tongue, may generally be seen flaunting in the breeze."

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser, 14 September 1909, p.2.

"A white woman named May Phillips, aged 40, was found brutally murdered in a cottage near a Chinese joss house at Moree. The police subsequently arrested a Chinese named Ah Sing, who also lived in the same house. It is understood blood was found on his clothes."

Mullumbimby Star, 16 September 1909, p.3. 

"The Inspector reported that no steps had been taken to render the Chinese Masonic Temple habitable. It was decided to ask the owner to attend at the Council Chambers on a certain date and state his objections to demolition orders; and proceedings are to be taken regarding the use of the Chinese Masonic Temple as a dwelling."

North West Champion, 12 June 1930, p.4.

"the accused had stabbed Gee Wing with a knife while he lay asleep on his bed at the Chinese Masonic Temple in Moree."

The Courier-Mail, 24 September 1936, p.5.