HONG KONG TIMES
"Dramaticus: With others, I am interested in the idea of collecting historical data connected with the Colony. Several years ago I acquired a bound volume of The Hong Kong Times. I wonder how many people, even those of the newspaper fraternity, ever knew that such a publication existed. The earliest copy in my possession is No.14 published on 16th May, 1873. The Hong Kong Times, Daily Advertiser and Shipping Gazette, to give its full title, was a four-page newspaper, published every morning by its Proprietor, William Curtis, at its office, No. 5 Duddell Street. How long it continued to exist I have still to discover. Sixty years is a long time to go back and I do not suppose there are residents alive in the Colony to-day who will be able to help, but with your permission, I hope from time to time to give you extracts from early copies of this newspaper in the hope that such, and any questions, I may ask, may be helpful to "Colonial" in his historical search.
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