S.S. FRANCONIA
Special Tourists' Supplement and Shopping Guide
THE CHINA MAIL SPECIAL TOURISTS' SUPPLEMENT. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1928.
THE STORE OF QUALITY THE BOMBAY SILK STORE
HERE'S THE PLACE TO BUY
HOURI COATS, COOLIE COATS
MANDARIN COATS EMBROIDERED SHAWLS SILK KIMONOS
Dresses, Pyjamas, Shirts and Pongee Suits made to order within 24 hours.
No. 2, D'Aguilar Street:
HONG KONG.
Facts About The Colony,
(Next to Flower St )
Government, A light railway runs through the fertile valleys of the north-east portion of the New Territories from Fanling to Sha- tau-kok, a distance of 7 miles. Good roads connect the principal districts with the railway.
Climate.
Hong Kong is an island about 10 miles long and from 2-to 6%
The island is broken in shape miles broad, with a total area of and mountainous, the highest point 32 square miles; il lies close to being Victoria Peak, which is the mainland, being separated at about 1.820 feet high. The Peak one point by a narrow strait District is a favourite place of re- (Lycemoon) not more than a quar-sidence, and is reserved for Euro. ter-mile wide, and Was Arsipeans. The new Territories con- occupied by Great Britain intain peaks from 1,800 to 3,000 January, 1841, and was formally feet. The hot season Insts from ceded by the Treaty of Nankin in May to October. During the win- 1842; British Kowloon was sub-ter months, from November to sequently acquired by the Peking March, the climate is cooler, drier, Convention of 1860; and the New and more invigorating. The aver- Territories, being a peninsula inage daily maximum temperature the southern 'part of the Kwang-ranges from 87 degrees In July to tung province, by a lease signed 63 degrees in February, and the June 9, 1898. The whole colony average daily minimum tempera- comprises an area of about 891 ture from 78 degrees in July to 55 square miles, with a population degrees in February. The average (1921) of G02,200 (1925. est, annual rainfall is 84 in., of which 874,420). The non-Chinese real no less than 75 per cent, falls be- dents, excluding naval and tween May and September, when military, numbered about 15,200 | the S.W. monsoon prevails: (1925, est. 16,500).
A Free Port.,
The capital of the colony is Victoria, which lies along the northern shore of the island, facing the mainland; and. between the mainland and the elty is the harbour which is one of the finest
Vast Trade.
Hong Kong is the centre of à vast trade in many kinds of pro- duce, chiefly camphor, coal, cot- tona, flour, gunnies, hides, iron and steel goods, leather, matches. oils, rice, silks, sugar, tea and tin. Much encouragement is given
in the world, with a water area of by the Government to education in some 10 square miles. With the the colony. In 1924 there were exception of liquor and tobacco the 1,079 schools subject to Govern- port is free, and is fortified. Itment supervision, attended by possesses excellent locks, capable 55,930 pupila. The University of holding the largest vessels for (opened in 1912) includes faculties the purposes of repair. There is of medicine, engineering, and arts. a considerable ship repairing and Hong Kong is a Crown colony, construction industry. Shipping and its government is administer- entered (1923) 26,701,120 tons. A ed by a Governor, aided by an railway, of which 23 miles belong Executive Council of 9 members. to the Government, runs from Kow- together with a Legislative Council Joon to Canton; the length north of 14 members, including himself,
of the Sham Chun River (which a representative from the Chamber of Commerce, and a representative.
is the boundary of the British 'ter
ritory) is controlled by the Chinese of the Justices of the Peace.
CHELLARAM'S OF EUROPE
HERE
IS
CROWN
Your stay in Hong Kong
A with a visit to
THE SHOP OF QUALITY IN
Shawls, Houri Coats, Kimonos, Mandairn Coats, Underwear, Night Wear, Fine Silks, Scarves.
Gents' and Ladies' Tailoring,
Orders executed within a few hours.
D. CHELLARAM
ROYAL SILK STORE
OPPOSITE QUEEN'S THEATRE
(See advertisement of Popular Slik Store).
Your Opportunity
SILKS, HOURICOATS, EMBD. SHAWLS, MANDARIN- COATS, KIMONOS, CURIOS, AMBER & UNDERWEAR, at moderate prices.
LET US BE YOUR “TAILOR”
„and make Dresses, Pyjmas, Shirts and Ponjee Suits etc. etc. WITHIN · 24 HOURS, under our full Satisfaction. Guarantee.
CARPETS & RUGS STOCKED
TO
BUY
THE EASTERN BAZAAR (Silk Store of Satisfaction)
35, Queen's Road, Central Hong Kong
FOOK WENG & CO.
Manufacturers of
SWATOW LINEN DRAWNWORK
DEALERS IN
Silk Shawls, Ladies' UNDERWEAR,
MANDARIN
COSTUMES, KIMONOS, HOURI COATS, IVORY," CLOISONNE & LACQUER WARE,
- China Bidy.
Queen's Road C.
Tel. C. 4628
The store worth visiting in Hong Kong
IS
THE PIONEER SILK STORE
The Tourista Mecca in the Colony"
We have a full display of silks and silk goods such as
HOURI AND PERSIAN COATS, CANTON EMBROIDERED SHAWLS, SILK KIMONOS, etc., etc.
Note:- Tailoring for Gentlemen and Ladies done by
our expert tailors in the quickest time possible.
China Bldg.
CHINA FANCY
GOODS
Queen's Rd. C.
COMPANY
Wholesale and Retail.
MANUFACTURERS & GENERAL EXPORTERS
OF
HANDMADE CANTON AND IRISH
DRAWNWORK EMBROIDERIES. · SILK SPANISH SHAWLS. SKIRTS, KIMONOS.
IVORY, CLOISONNE, PEWTER, and
LACQUER.
China Bldg.
Queen's Rd, C.
POPULAR SILK STORE
(OPPOSITE ENTRANCE TO THE HONG KONG HOTEL)
THE SHAWL EMPORIUM
Rich SHAWLS
personally selected by Experts for their
quality and embroi- deries.
Beautiful HOURI COATS for Evening Wear. MANDARIN COATS with designs
Dainty⠀⠀⠀⠀KIMONOS
in
all shades, to
as actually worn by Mandarins.
Suit the most fasti-
dious tastes.
Expert Tailoring. Garments
ready in 24 hours.
LADIES' LINGERIE, hand-embroidered from China, Japan and the Philippines, and PYJAMAS in crepe- de-Chine and silk. Gentlemen's silk SHIRTS and PYJAMA SUITS. Fancy COSTUMES for Balls and Carnivals. CARPETS and RUGS from Tientsin, Persia, Egypt. and India. Take away a Memento of your visit to Hong Kong. Step across the road and select it from the large and varied stock of the POPULAR SILK STORE, one of the many branches, all over the world of D. CHELLARAM, the House
that has built up its stability and reputation on courtesy and fair-dealing with its patrons.
Curios, Crystal, Jade, Amber, Ivory,
Cloisonne, Blackwood.