THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1950,
KOWLOON SHOPPING
VARIETY AND
ORIGINALITY
SEND OVERSEAS BY AIR
NYLONS
IN
IDOL, DEXDALE, KAYSER MOJUD, HOLEPROOF
FISHNET and MESH
From
ORIENTAL SILK STORE
03, NATHAN ROAD.
PHONE 50755.
SPECIALLY IMPORTED
For
CHRISTMAS PARCELS
XMAS PUDDING • XMAS CAKES
TINNED
MEATS
JAM
HAMS
9
❤
FRUITS AND SWEETS
BISCUITS +
• NUTS
CHOCOLATES
CHOOSE YOUR PARCEL
TAI WO COMPRADORE
WILL PACK AND SENT IT
10, Peking Road, Kowloon.
FOR YOU
THIS AUTUMN
Tel: 56391
HAIR THAT IS SOFT AND SHINING BEAUTIFULLY STYLED. TO SUIT
YOUR PERSONALITY
Consult
BETEN'S
Peninsula Hotel Arcade.
EXQUISITE
Tel. 58081.
WEBB CUT GLASS
WINE & COCKTAIL SETS BEER GLASSES & JUGS SALAD SETS - VASES ETC.
J. A. WINDSOR & CO.
'0, Hankow Road, Kowloon.
cuit..
Phone 52158.
New Shipment of Dresses Just Received
Keella
国三面
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AUTUMN SHOPPING SEASON NOW OPEN
Austumn is hore and as usual it is the bost timo
for shopping. As you walk down the main thoroughfare on the mainland you will notice that shop windows have recently been ro-de- corated for autumn shopping.
New goods for this season and the winter ore al- ready on display. Goods of every description and make which have been recently unpack- ed now await your inspection and selection.. Christmas gifts have ap- brocades and silks are among
the finest obtainable here. peared in many shops.
At Tai Wo Compradore special Christmas gifts, carefully select- cil for export to England are ou clisplay in the store's spacious windows.
It is truc- Christmas still seems a long way off but why wait for the rush hour when you can pick your choicest presents at a rea- sonable price now?
Mee Kwong and Company wish to notify customers that # new consignment of electrie appliances has arrived at the well-known mainland store.
Electric kettles, which save so inuch time for housewives, are high-grade domestic elce- among trie equipment recently unpack- ecl. Others include perculators. manufactured by celebrated elec- tric appliances Inanufacturers. electric irons of the most up-to- date models, lamps and lamp- shades that will help to brighten up your homes.
A long-time, dealer in electric appliances, Mee Kwong and Com- pany wish to assure customers that everything electrical isob- tainable there.
Glamour
One of the many ways in which womenfolk obtain their glamour is through a good hair-dresser's.
Where, then, is a better hair- dresser's? Why, Beten's, of
course.
For better cutting, styling and the new L'Oriel. French cold wave, yes, Belen's is the right place.
Visit Beten's the next time you wan!
your hair to have that glamorous look and 1 am sure that with me will agree Beten's experts really know their job.
You
The other day, a friend of mine recently arrived from North China was strolling along Nathan Road with me and we walked Into North China Industries.
Being an expert on Chinese those from products, especially North China, my friend pointed out to me that the Peking gauze sold at North China Industries is one of the very few genuine Pck- Ing products he has come across during his stay in the Colony.
I know why North China In- dustries has made itself a good name here. Their Chinese fancy'
· Cut glass
nud Company J. A. Windsor
large have recently received a selection of cut glass wine sets,
Made of the best cut glass, the wine sets are among the best.
Webb Corbett's beer jug and glass, cocktail shalters and sets
are among the large selection, Silverware sets are also obtain- able.
For replacements in wine sets call at J. A. Windsor and Com- They will satisfy your
pany.
wants.
Ladios wear
for
Chenille dressing gowns ladies and children can now be obtained at Bon Ton-the name that spells magic in ladies wear, Ladies' handbags of plastic in
shades and Autumn
children's knitted wear are also sold at Bon
Ton.
News for Christmas gift parcel seekers! Glamour proudly an- nounces that they will send your Christmas parcels to Old Coun- try.
For mutual, convenlence, Glam- our further announces that the mail for home is open from today to October 20.
Place an order
for your Christmas gift parcel now with Glamour. Your gift travel to the old parcels will Country on the steamship Corfu. Better nylon stockings for longer wear are what the Orien tal Silk Store can offer --you. the with Place your orders Oriental Silk Store now before the Christmas rush hour is here.
You can
now obtain better Chinese handwork linen at the Nan Kwong Trading Company at reasonable
prices. Handker- and chieves, Peking porcelain eloisonne are among the variety handwork goods Chinese obtainable there.
Also obtainable are varieties children's hand-embroidered dresses of numerous designs.
of
of
Photographors
from
can any
know that you Do you engage photographers for social function
Mayfair Studio? Just notify the studio and a photographer will be pre-
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
FOR THE HOME
KETTLES • PERCOLATORS • IRONS TABLE LAMPS HAIR DRYERS TORCHES
ETC., ETC
GENERAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS RADIO REPAIRS
MEE KWONG & CO.,
192, Nathan Rd., Kowloon.
Tel: 69398
MAYFAIR STUDIO
OVERNIGHT..SERVICE
ON YOUR WAY HOME FROM BEACH DROP. YOUR FILMS INTO OUR ILLUMINATED SPECIAL BOX MAYFAIR STUDIOS WILL DEVELOP AND DELIVER TO YOUR HOME EXPERT IN PORTRAITS, DEVELOPING, PRINTING AND COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
Chr. Haiphong & Nalban Road.
**____* Oppoelto Dairy Farm.
Tel. 58944,
sent at any social function, any- where in the Colony.
GUIDE
SHOP IN
Pago
COMFORT
SEND YOUR XMAS GIFT PARCELS TO YOUR DEAR ONES IN U.K. PAYABLE IN INSTALMENTS
GLAMOUR
SILK STORE
KAI TAK'S DEXDALE, MOJUD, IDOL & DUPONT NYLONS
HISTORY
The piece of land now mostTM ly occupied by the Colony's airport was formerly part of Kowloon Bay.
The vast streich of water was reclaimed during the early part
of 1014.
re-
ALWAYS IN STOCK
COMPARE OUR PRICES WITH ALL OTHER
MAIN STORES BEFORE YOU BUY POSTAGE & PACKING FREE FOR ALL PARCELS SENT TO U.K. BY SEA MAIL 4, Granville Road, Kowloon
nr. Blue Peter Bar, Nathan Road.
KOWLOON TOYLAND
Largest Selections: Reasonable ONE PRICED Store
Also for your information, in case the studio is closed a spe- clal lighted box on the studio's Four wealthy local Chinese in-
$1,000,000 to doors is there for you to drop.vested about your roll of film in. Just drop claim the area. These men-Ho the roll into the box with your Kal, Au Kai-ylen, Cheung Sum- Mayfair ming and Ng Ting-fang-formed On it, name written
Best & the reclamation Studlo will do the rest for you a syndicate for including sending the developed project.
Ho Kai was elected chairman film and prints to your home.
which the syndicale after the project had begun faced serious dimculties in obtaining a sufficient supply of materials due the First to the outbreak of World War.
The reclamation project had to be suspended until shortly after the end of the war.
There are a few things which are unobtainable in England, the
these things place where manufactured, and yet obtainable here in the Colony.
are
are
Glamour proudly announces that new corduroy, gaberdines and other choice materials for clothing which are unobtainable in England obtainable at Clamour.
Glamour further wishes to notify its customers that dresses and clothes of any material can be made to order in 24 hours!
Glamour, though the name suggests that it is an exclusive stord for ladies, also deals in men's wear. Men's shirts, socks, and gowns pyjamas, dressing other clothes that make a well- dressed man are obtainable there.
Food parcels
Food parcels for United King- dom
can best be had at the Cheong Hing Stores who special- ise in provisions, wines and spirits and foodstuffs.
Cheong Hing Stores also has a fresh selection of dully large vegetables and fruits,
Good news for hockey players! Hockey sticks for ladies and
of
soon
Soon three of the five planned districts of newly reclaimed Tand were added to the adjoining hilly lands (Wong Tai Hsien and Ngau districts) which were Chi Won later levelled, A wealthy
Chinese merchant named Chao Sang was said to be the first to make use of the
newly reclaimed land by erecting a residential villa.
It was due to the presence of Chao's villa that roads, power and waterlines were built into the
new district.
Soon the district had scattered tenement buildings and even a vernacular school.
As the district grew, together with other sectors on the main- extended innd, public vehicles their route into the newly re- claimed area thus aiding the quicit growth of the Kai Tak district, as it was then called.
gentlemen. have just arrived from 1. ccording to some old Kowloon
England at E. C. Fincher's.
the
Far plastic toys for boys and girls of all ages National Toy Company
mainland stronghold Mechanical -
Is
of better Loys, minded youngsters will find National Toy Company's mechanical toys just the kind they were looking forward to.
Besides toys, games for both in and outdoors are also sold
there.
A large selection of morning, afternoon and evening wear of the latest fashion and best shades are now on display at Excella,
DEFENCE PLANS
London, October 14. Mr. Leon Henderson, United States wartime Price Control Ad- ninistrator, forecast here that Canada, the United States and Britain would set up a joint body to handle defence production.
This body, composed of civi- 1lans and Chiefs of Staff, would also allocate strategic raw
materials.
residents, the arca Was named Kai Taic after two of the Chinese merchants who contri- buted so much in reclaiming the arca-He Kal and Au Tak.
Chiu Lung Tal Contractors of On Bank Building had the Wing task of reclaiming the vast Kal
Tak area,
During the Japanese occupa- fion, the area occupied by the expanded Colony's airport was considerably. Today Kat Tak airport occupies most of the land which was reclaimed in 1914.
BEATIFICATION OF NUN
Rume. October 14. Pope Pius XII will tomorrow proclaim the beatification of a French nun who died 19 years ago, Sister Anne Marie Jovouhey whem King Louis Philippe once called "a great mun" because her benevolent work needed more than the strength of an ordinary
Woman.
The Solemn beatification cere- Mr. Henderson was speaking mony in St. Peter's Basillen will yesterday at a university meet- be the seventh of this Holy Year ing-Reuter.
-Reuter.
PEKING GAUZE
IN
PASTEL SHADES
FANCY BROCADE
NEW DESIGNS COLOURS
NORTH CHINA INDUSTRIES
230, NATHAN ROAD
JUST ARRIVED
SPALDING © HOCKEY STICKS ALL ENGLAND FOR LADIES
"TOP FLITE FOR MEN
E. C. FINCHER
Salisbury Road, Kowloon,
Tel: 58:18.
TOYS
NATIONAL TOY CO.
220, NATHAN ROAD,
KOWLOON.
CHINESE HANDWORK
BEDSPREADS
TABLE LINEN. HANDKERCHIEFS
CHILDRENS FROCKS
UNDERWEAR
NAN KWANG TRADING CO.
, Chungking Arcade, Kowloon.
CHENILLE
DRESSING GOWNS
FOR
·LADIES and CHILDREN
AT
BON TON
38, Nathan Road, Kowloom.
Tel: 50539.
LAST SHIPMENT FOR U.K.
CHRISTMAS PARCELS
S.S.
OCTOBER
24
TUESDAY
BY
CORFU"
SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION TO
CHEONG HING STORES
472, NATHAN ROAD,
PHONE 58180:
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