S.S. "AUSTRALIA"
Special Tourists' Supplement and Shopping Guide
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1931.
KASHMIR SILK STORE
Right Opposite Queen's Theatre,
36A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,
Invite you to call at their store where they have on display a beautiful array of :--
SILK EMBROIDERED SHAWLS, KIMONOS, HOURI COATS, HAPPY COATS, DANCING COATS, EMBROIDERED SILK UNDERWEAR, ALL QUALITIES OF SILK AND SILK BROCADE FOR
LADIES' EVENING DRESSES.
Ladies' Dresses and Gentlemen's Shirts, Pyjamas and Pongee Suits made to order within 16 hours' time.
THE STORY OF QUALITY AND SERVICE. PATRONIZE
BOMBAY SILK STORE
FAMOUS FOR
HOURI COATS, COOLIE COATS MANDARIN COATS EMBROIDERED SHAWLS SILK KIMONOS
And
SILKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
Ladies' Dresses and Gentlemen's Garments made to order within 24 hours.
No. 2. D'Aguilar Street.
(Next to Flower St.)
LOONG SHING
Established 1865.
Beautiful Selection of
Jewellery, Jade & Gold Ware, Pearls, Crystal, Agate, Amber, Jade trees and various kinds of stones
also
Antique and Rare Chinese Curios, Old Ivory ware, best Canton Shawls etc.
Inspection cordially invited.
48, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL, HONG KONG.
PRICES DECREASED
25% $
THE SMALL SHOP WITH THE LARGEST STOCK.
FOR LADIES :-
Silks, Kimonos, Persian Coats, Houri Coats, Shawls.
FOR GENTLEMEN :-
Socks, Kimonos, Neckwear, Shirts, Pyjamas. INDIAN CARPETS, etc., etc. Dresses Made to Order Within 24 Hours.
THE LOVELY SILK STORE No. 2, Stanley Streeí, adjoining D'Aguilar St.
HANG ON IVORY STORE
39a, Queen's Road Central.
MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS
WHOLESALE & RETAIL.
DEALERS IN
AMBER WARES.
CARVED IVORY NECKLACES, BRACELETS,
COMBS, BROOCHES.
CIGAR & CIGARETTE HOLDERS,
FIGURES, PENDANTS, DALIS. MAJONG BETS, etc., etc.
GENUINE GOODS AT REASONABLE PRICES.
THE CHINA MAIL SPECIAL TOURISTS' SUPPLEMENT.
TREASURES
OF
THE ORIENT
THE UNIQUE SELECTIONS AT OUR FAMOUS
STORE IS SURE TO PLEASE YOU.
Every Variety and Colour of Silks, Houri Coats, Shawls, Kimonos, Old Embroidered Goods, Cocktail Coats, Bridge Coats, Undies, Etc.
"SEE CHELLARAM'S FIRST"
D. CHELLARAM,
Right Opposité Hong Keng Hotel. TAILORING A SPECIALITY— GARMENTS IN 12 HOURS.
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YOUR VISIT TO HONG KONG
HOW TO MAKE IT INTERESTING AND MEMORABLE.
A GUIDE FOR THE TOURIST.
You don't have to be a geographer to have heard of Hong Kong. Whether you come from a "tall grass region" of the United States or from a gigantic City that has no time to bother about other places, the name will be familiar to you.. After all, it is one of the greatest ports in the world, possessing an ideal harbour, which makes it eminently suitable for the extensive entrepot trade with China. As for beauty of scenery, you have the essence of the Orient cheek by jowl with views that rival Japan, the South of France, the West Coast of England, and the Highlands of Scotland. Whether or not you are to enjoy your visit depends wholly upon the manner in which you go about your sight-seeing. Below we offer to the tourist a few hints, the fruits of experi- ence, which, if taken, will enable him to see and enjoy the best that the Colony can offer in the least possible time.
We shall have to begin with a little history. In the first place, the two words Hong Kong mean "Fragrant Harbour"-it is not dif- ficult to see why. Prior to 1841 there was no recognised name for the Island. The anchorage at Aber- deen (a picturesque fahing villagu on the side opposite the Harbour) was known to sailors As Heung Kong. The Chinese characters re- presenting that name may be trans- lated by "Fragrant Stream" or "Fragrant Harbour." Another pos- sible rendering is "Heung's Har- bour," the haunt of a notorious pirate named Heung.
Kowloon (the mainland opposite Hong Kong) is the anglicised form of the Chinese Kou Lung (nine dragons). This name is derived from the ridge of nine hills which form a rampart along the northern side of the harbour and seem to be guarding the approach to China. You may see them from your ship— quite plainly.
Hong Kong became a British Colony in 1841. In 1860 about two square miles of the mainland of Kowloon and Stonecutters' Island were leased in perpetuity. The dis- trict called the "New Territory"" was leased to Great Britain in 1898 for a period of ninety-nine years. It covers 376 square miles and fa- cludes the island of Lan Tau and the waters of the farther shores of Deep Boy and Mira Buy. So much for history.
The Old and the New.
enviable reputation for rainstorms, | joining the residence of His Ex-} typhoons, piraten, poisoners, cellency the Governor (Sir William; malaria, and dysentery, and in Bri-Peel, C.M.G.), reaching an altitude tain contempt for the new Colony of 1825 feet. was expressed in the popular song, "You may go to Hong Kong for me,"
There abound beautifully laid-out) gardens, public and private, and Singular Beauty.
solidly constructed roads, some of To-day this formerly despised them bordered with bamboos and possession is one of the world's other delicately-fronded trees, and busiest ports and the admiration, fringed with the luxuriant growth without exception, of every visitor cf semi-tropical vegetation. The to its shores. From the sea, and temperature has a yearly range of
PIONEER SILK STORE
(China Building)
probataang
THE LEADING SILK STORE IN
THE COLONY OF HONG KONG CARRYING ALL THE BEST
OBTAINABLE
CHINESE
SILK
GOODS.
Inspection Earnestly Solicited.
from 45 to 09 degrees, but it occa- sfonally falls below 40, and ice has been known to occur on the Peak.
The Shopping Centre. Naturally you will be interested to hear about the City and the won- derful shops, both European and Chinese, which attract the tourist Irom all parts of the world. The central areas of the City are well huilt, the roads and streets are for
[the most part admirably madę and kept up and many of the thorough- fares delightfully shaded with ivell grown trees. The European busi- nesa quarter occupies the middle of the City, from Pottinger Street to the Naval Yard, but with the ex- ception of this limited area almost all the lower levels, especially the western district, are covered by a dense mass of Chinese shops and tenements. On the mainland new industrial and residential areas are rapidly springing up.
For the lover of the by-ways, and for those secking the unusual pur- chase (who does not?), we would euggest a trip that can be both in- teresting and profitable. Few tour-
Few people can realise how great especially from the magnificent has been the change in the Island | harbour,-which faces the capital, iste, even many residents of the since the British administration. A the general aspect of Hong Kong is Colony, have heard of a district in book entitled "Chine," published in one of singular beauty. The hills Hong Kong called "Paddy's Mar- 1847, contains a chapter with the jare generously planted with Japan-ket." The origin of the name is following heading: "Hong Kong, its eso firs, and the streams, which are obscure some enterprising Irish- position, prospects, character, and plentiful, are traced through the man was at the bottom of it, un- utter worthlessness from every uplanda and glens by a line of doubtedly. This section of Hong point of view to Britain." To-day straggling brushwood and herbage. Kong is said to resemble the remote one laughs at that prophecy. How-The hills, which are mainly compos- shopping sections of old Peking, or ever, when it was written there ed of granite, rise in Irregular possibly the. "Thieves' Market" of seemed reasons for such a fore- masses to considerable heights, the Shanghai. boding for the place had an un-loftiest point, Victoria Peak, ad- (Continued on Page 3.)
TRUST IN US AND YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. THE SWATOW TRUSTING CO.
17a, Queen's Road Central.
MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS OF
SWATOW DRAWN WORK, CANTON SILK SHAWLS,
Handmade laces, handkerchiefs, cross-stitched work, art embroideries, scarves, Ivory carving, amber, curios, novelties tapestries, old embroidered pieces, mandarin coats, skirts, purses, all and crepe ladies' underwear, pyjamas, kimones, houri coats, cloisonne, pewter, lacquer, and brass wäre, all kinds of Chiness fancy goods, jewellery and jade articles.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Inspection Cordially Invited.
CHINA HANDICRAFT CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS
OF
Beautiful Hand Made Embroideries and Finest Quality of Silk Underwear,
Linen Drawn Work also
Silk Shawls, Ivory, Lacquer, Pewter, Cloisonne Ware,
and
Blackwood Furniture.
CHINA BUILDING, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG.
CHUI YUEN JADE MERCHANT
39a, Queen's Road, C.
Dealers in:
JEWELLERY, AMETHYST &
AGATE ORNAMENTS,.
OLD IVORY, CORAL FIGURES,
LAPISLAZULI, CORNELIAN, TURQOUISE,
JADE TREES and OLD SCREENS.
WELCOME TOURISTS:
WELCOME ALL:
BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE, DO NOT FAIL TO VISIT US.
We have always made a speciality of CHINESE FANCY GOODS hut never have we had the vast variety as we are now showing, ready for the visit of tourists.
SILK SHAWLS, JADE TREES,
MANDARIN FUR COATS, SILK UNDERWEAR, CHINESE RUGS,
ART EMBROIDERIES, PYJAMAS,
IVORY WARE, HAND-MADE LACES, KIMONOS,
SLIPPERS,
HOURI COATS,
LACQUER WARE,
CHRYSTAL BEADS.
AND our usual great assortment of SWATOW DRAWN WORK.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
SWATOW LACE CO., LTD.
16, PEDDER STREET.
WE SPECIALIZE
IN
JADE
Necklaces, Pendants, Bracelets, etc.
ALSO
EXQUISITELY DESIGNED IVORY BALLS
Dealers in Silk Underwear, Shawls, Lacquer, Pewter, Cloisonne,
Linen, Grass Cloth, Drawn Thread Work, etc.
MANUFACTURERS -
OF CARVED BLACKWOOD FURNITURE,
WAH KEE
Queen's Road Central. Opposita' Quem's ¿ričatro.