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HONGKONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918:"
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HOW CHINESE ARE SOLVING HOUSING PROBLEM.
An Object Lesson to the Government.
A GARDEN CITY IN THE fruit which fad no favour Oity in the New Territory.
NEW TERRITORY. amongst Europeans, and even organisers are, no doubi, pionnem amongst the latter it is difficult to in the field of tropical gardening guage the popular
taste so in this Colony. The beautifully accurately as to restrict cultare trimmed flower-beds, the system to a particular variety. The stically arranged foliage plants, mafest contre is to grow a faw the sranes of trail trase, the fish sorts and grow them to perfection pondrand commercial prodaotsall as far as possible. It is necessary impress the visitor with othe to exclude from this selection immensity of the collection and certain kinda that occupy too its variegated stars. *Those returned unopposed for the two
wach ground ́ ́ spans, as their who desire an objjot lesbɔn in Vanity Beste Mt. Prothero
|["Hongkong Telegraph" Spesial] yield is not ocmmsperate with soientist bortioslite and the sucoseding Sir W. Apron on
While we have been drying the expense of bringing the area creation of a city in a desert could the latter's "denib.
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carrelves bosres on the scateness into collization, though the do no batter than visit it. Lover University will therefore be 4
of the bousing problem in Hoog-demand for such varieties of of nature and lovers of very represented by its old members
Long and the need for Govern- fruit may be grant.
attractive gardens will be fally in the new Parliament. Neitber Polarsor Gilbert Marray, who
campensated. :: A Description of the Village, On Saturday there was notified Dent sympathy and co-operation
A few Chinese are responsible stood se
Entering the On Lok village, Liberal, nor Mr. one fatal case of enterio fever, the in new housing schemes and “the Faraiss, the Laboutite, were able victim being a Chinese.
erestion of a Garden City of there is a big village hall with a fir this beauty spot and the houses of various types and beautiful porch with Ohinese special attractions which it to poll anything like the number...
Smoking Concert, of rotes of tha successful
reniale on the lines of the to allegorical binb reliefe represent Roses for the week end resid- We hear that the officers of the operative building ecoieties ating mythologies! pescocks, alios, ent or the visitor are inviting in candidates, but that ís not Dalenco Corps intend giving a Rome, a band of energetic flowers, reindeers and a hill. The the extreme. earprising in view of the political smoking cobeert to the N0.0.'S Chinese have been apostentations pathway is lined with beautiful tradi ions of Oxford. Mr Farniss and men of the Corps early next ly showing as how the problem worn in pois trimmed with
A Wealth of Flowers, Fia presumably the Principal month.
There is a wealth of fwGIT could be tackled.
Very few in Hoogkong. warriors. This leade
allegorical figures of Chinese laid cut in artistic fashion to to satisify the most fastidious taste. ware that in Fanling to-day raption hall. Nxt to this There are verbeuse, marigolds, from the seher, s sumber of be of the village. Further away coxcombe, banhinias, heliotropes, there have arisen, Phoenix-like is a distillery built on a site astors, dahlias, alamandas, phlox, beautiful model Chinese villages are three oppeling ville with a and a fine collection of peony
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of Barkin College, Oxford; a unique institution which was fous- ded some nineteen jasra sgo by Yesterday afternoon an interest an American, Mr. Walter Vrooing baseball match was played a mar, and which is regarded as Happy Valley between the Nippon the intelligence department of the Clab and the Happy Valley Club. Labar, movement in England. The Japanese team showed all practically oc-operative lines Chinese-cum- European air about Aswers which will be a trest 19 This collage was established for round superiority and won by Eight years ago, a band of shrend them. The best of these is the visitors on the Chinese New Chinese started buying land sad villa of Mr. Bang Kicheak, ons Tear Day, when they could e the benefit of working men and 12 to 4.
it was only during the last three of the organivere and promoters these valuable flowers of China. women who desired a College
years that the work of creating a of the Garden Oity in the New (The Chinese call them *** education and its Council is lar
His Excellency the Officer Garden City on the purchased Territory. Here all good points tan," gely made up of leaders of the Administering the Government property was seriously under in the European and Chinese great Labour organisations. We and His Excellency Major Gener taken. Tae land, which believe that although there in 20 Ventris have intimated their previously planted with paddy, sted, and the atmosphere when ritory is essentially extended gar
Barchitecture have been" assimil- sex bar, it has not yet been intention of being present at the was levelled for bailding sites entering is refreshing. The front found possible to admit women dinner arranged for January 11 and divided into equires. Prori of bis house is more or less after dening; it has little relation to the to the fastivation, thosgb shy the Engineer Co. of the eion was made for 110 plate of the Chinese style but the faterior agricultare of other countries andoabtedly good work has been Defence Corps.
10,000 square feet. The village is a combination of English of borticaltare. Long ago
and its methods done through its mediam among
Our Pictorial Supplement,
has been divided into squares of and Chinese. It looks Chinese The Telegraph's pictorial Box 40.000 square feet, terre eating as if the promoters much "The well-being of s nation is like philosopher Baid :*** plement, presented gratie with lots of 10,000 "quire fest ench. the Saturday issue, has become Eich square is surrounded by taking up buildings in the Nmandiscture and commerce 176
apprecisie the advantage of
is trèe. Agriculture is its root, quite a popular and much roadways, so that every lot has Territory as they can constract We hava beard a lot in recent appreciated festure. It provider road frontage ou twocorners. All houses in their own style without the loses fall, the branche its branches. If the root is injured, tims about the necessity for an excellent medium for illustrat the plots have been taken up by the sanotion of architec's, thus break away and the tres dies. Imperial so-operation in com el records of local happenings, the Chinese and buildings have saring a big sum and being free This saying could not rigidly be mere, but the need is quite a and we shall be happy to make bean erected sad are being erected from the delays of the P.W D. The great in naval mattis, for it is by use of suitable photographs to suit individual tetes. Hence technicalities of the Buildings Long, which is for the most part applied in a country like Hong our naval predominance that the which amstenza or others may they are called "model" village. Ordinance have not to be como billy, but nevertheless by Empire's trade has been preservare to erad in. Taese, of courss,
The Company tast is interested plied with, there is no payment of ed during the critical times should be recent pictares of local in the creation of a Garden City five per cent. on the value to the proper Eyetem of sgriculture the THE FUTURE OF HONGKONG.
through which we have just interest.
st Fanling is the Kai Yip Lind architect, and lead to reca:si Colony could be made pared. We can therefore all bail;
Investment and Farming Co.. for 10g. Tosse are importmaxim to the fact that different There is an old prosperous. with intenes catisfaction the
Children, young and old alike, Ltd. with so authorised capital ant factors 10 the whole- circumstanses need different Hongkong as a great shipping port and a centre of British announcement that the War are keenly anticipating the open of $75,000 divided into 150 hearted anppxt...accorded to commercial activity in the Far Eat is naturally interested in, the Cabinet has deputed Admiraling.of the Coronet (late Bio) shares of $500 each. Among its the scheme by the co-operators.methods. The saying is as trae of development of other porta in the Orient. For this res200, speciJellicos to visit the D minions and Theatre to-morrow." For the 9hj ota-zome of them extremely Bat to return to on: mattonis is of individuals, and the peoples of men in the bulk-18 attention should be paid to the fact that the merchants of Manila. Ladis early in the New Year for occasion, the wonderful ten-part ambitions-are the opening Mr. Fang K-cheak's villa is methods suited to a people living as our correspondent reported on Saturday, have just been discuss the purpose of advising on naval film, "Jack and the Beanstalk" village called
the O Lik really a combination of three its own life need revision and ing shipping conditions, after the wa trade problems and the questions. Not only in the is to be screened at 4 30 and 9.16 Village and the building of houses into one block. Is ia s question of making Manila s free port. It is evident that s sirop of defence arrangements also, the paalomime ever shown in Hong- take farming and agricature and top fora being identical in
economic field, but in the mitter p.n. This is the firet film bones therein, to ander two storied building, the ground hold its
adaptation if that people is to own in competition feeling frists there in favour of greatly improving the facilities of
with its rivale, The port in every posible direction. In fact, the Government has Empire in the past has been far song and is a really magnificent at Fanling and the New Territory plan. On the top floris i deities' already recommended certain mecares with this end in view, top looeely knitted together. I production.
The Chinese Farmer. An advertisement and to baild roade, rqasres, hall gorgeously carved with num
The Chinese farmer is very icolading the contraction of a new pier, the deepening of the 19 apparent that in this connection elsewhere in this issue gives some gardens and playgrounds and erous agares of gods and fall of
conservative and primitive in hi barbour and the installation of modern mechanical devices for we snnot go on se we have facts concerning this great film. other conveniences. It is after representations of Chinese my handling cargo. These are developments which Hongkong cannot hitherto done. It may be
worda proposed to introdues all thology. The ancestral haliyle. He does not use moderk afford to ignore, especially when coupled with the farther ides off too much to hope that the A grand display of toys, sweets, up-to-date convenietoes, and the entsins & hage shrine, leading appliances. If he does the reaalu making Manila & free port. Csineident with this movement, there world has seen the end of al! &, and a Christmas tree is to Company expects the Government into the reception hall which is will surely earprise him. The overcoming some of the natural dificulties which have operated math is certain: that we cannot Christmas Day, at a pecus minutes' walk from the Faoling edifices, while some are aider day alier day for many years, bat are big schemes mooted for making Shanghai a bigger pont still by wars, but, whatever the fature take place in the Victoria Theatre come to its aid in facilitating Earopast-cam Chinese in style. productive powers of the soil are may bava in store for us, this on behalf of the children These model villages are fire oc-operation have completed their is out of-date. A man can work the electric lighting problem. Some of the members of the Agriculture in the New Territory great, but they can be ezbausted. against its expansion in the past.
From all that has been heard of late regarding the improvement 1: has recently been admitted that led film The Forians Fanters" station and are enclosed on one constraction.
affed to let anything to chance. matinee at 4 p.m., when a select. of both Shanghai and Minils, sad from schemes which are st present cader contemplation, no one will argue that Hongkong can 977. Le bas slao been shown screened in which the celebrated well. A well out on: stream of building materials sad, Dow Deprive him of his amstes. Biisin must always have a biz (of 4,500 ft. in 3 parts) will be side by a stream and on the other bea retarded by the high price intervals for rent, sleep and food. The work has only on condition that he bus afford to rest oa ita laurels and allow matters to take their own course. So far as Shanghai is concerned, it is scarcely conceivable that we have never sbused out Freich actress, Mlle. Robicne gates the whole area of the that the war is over this draw back Race and of his sleep and in a trade of South Obins at any rate, but in view of the fatsre, when 80 in the fatore. Bar circum-abould take their children earlr, from the adjacent hills. The short time wè may expect to see lose his strength, and fail and that it can ever replace Hongkong as a distributing centre for the naval power we shall not do takes the leading role. Farents villages, the water being secured will be tided over and within a
day or two the strongest man will the railway betwon Hankow, and Canton will be a reality, it ie baby will necessitating a wider There are no reserved seats.
stances may arise they pro as to exirs, seats will be allowed plote sie beautifully laid out houses zie here like mushrooms. die, So is it with the soil. It too obvious that Hongkong will have to keep abreast of the times if the distribution of that power, for Soldiers and Sallors' Christmas over twenty varieties of fruit body, have fine structures reet. The Chinese farmer will
with gardens with every kind of Mesure. Fang King-u and Li flower and fruit tree, there being Show, members of this corporate
needs its gustenance and it pannst, met is to be made of our favourable geographical situstion and the which resson it is essential that
go on yielding crops without natural advantages conferred on us by our magnificent harbour. If Make the case of Manila, it is worth noting that the United States Dominions should work in closer the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, lemons, oranges, bananas, grape the initiation of this Garden potatoes are sown. The land is
the Mother Counity and the
trees-the Obinese olive, lisheer, standing A Christmas tea was given st
од their areas. guavas, pumelce, pspayes, pears,
not understand this, No sooner Government is decidedly interesting itself in the development of
·To M2, Fang Ki cheuck is due ia
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oot paddy the port, one of the latest reports we tave reta stating that the Raval harmony. Admiral Jellicoe on Saturday evening last, onder peachse, longhans, estrambos, etc.is. His vills and plantation not allowed tɔ lió fallow: Federal Shipping Board is making a big effort to secure its become the right man to investigate the auspices of the ladies of the ing the principal port of trans-shipment for the Orient. Some of the question, and we in Hoog Wesleyan Charob, to over in Frait-Growing.....
are the pioneers of many that aré the leading Americas shipping companies have cffered to build their kong shalt wa'ch the eventual hundred soldiers and sailors.
Commerical Products. The fruit-growing could be sure to crop up in the New own piere at Manils, but this step is not officially approved, the local outcome of his tour with more After the tes, a hat trimming com made particularly productive of Territory in the ac
Baeidea plots of paddy and disisat authorities being of opinion that the Government should own than ordinary interest.
swael, potatoes, there may be ver petition was followed by a excellent results if it is taken in future. He has set an object in the New Territory plantatione its own wharves. However, facilities are to be granted these com Not to by Trusted.
concert in which Corp. Thornton, baad se a commercial preposition. lesson to the members of his of ginger for which there is a panies to construct their own warehouses, the Government being
Mr. A T. Ford, P.e. Barton, sad Thess fruit trees are not thriving community, and the scheme bids prepared to leses, them land for the purpose. The matter of making While there may be no grounds the Misses B. and V. Young took as they should, principally for fai to be one of the most import serves; verdammóni, a{valuable
great demand for Chinese
pro- Manila e free port is soother question, upon which opinion sppere for thinking that the Allied part, Daring the evening, M. lack of farming knowledge. In ant in the New Territory,
ommodity in which no interest to be some what divided, though the movement in favour of such a military leaders have not a clear Robinson, on behalf of the Wes fruit cultivation in Hongkong the The village is now experiment has been taken; "nova · beans, step is certainly growing. The view bas been expressed that a free group of the present situation, layan Church ladies, presented the plants need to be watched ing with farming, agriculture different varieties of bamboo, port for Menila is annecessary from the American point of view, there will to many who share the Mrs. Michelmore with a pair of with special attention in their and gardening. The land ierisci variadas for the fibre trade, sipro-there is at premat free trade between Minila and the United view expre-sad in the French silver vaEAR,
of initial slagen of growth, after haing thoroughly developed and maragola (melia asderack) used Statee. But against that point there is to be placed the fature Chamber cf Dpaties that appreciation of her work. Mr which they may be allowed to it the work ia taken up in the clog trade sad næful sy possibility of independence being granted to the Philippines, while some aripalation Fhould betobelmore suitably replied on take care of themselves, there seriously it sbould attracts vermitage; sensimum, sugu« it is obvious that the removal of all embargoes would astarally made regarding the demahilig behalf of his wife.
being no serious danger from numberisse settlers. These villas cines, pineapples, tend to an increase in the trade of Manila, and would materially ation of the German Army. It is
paste,
alimatic extremes and which are now going up will tapion, etc. If these are properly pesnau, sasist in the growth of the pork, even though that trade were not true that the German Nwy now it Yesterday the Bishop of Vie similar causes that are a perman-make Fanling an wholly American. Bearing in mind the reo. atatement by Vis pr.clically non existent sn1 that toria conducted two confirmation ent menace in other lands. Labour is ion. The Shatan kok Light additional prosperity to
important taken up they should bring count Grey, il le possible that Manila may be made a free fort by the Army has had to yield up services. The first took place in is plentiful, the Chinese coolie Railway passes in front of the Colony sad open up & Tast track international arrangement under a more just and equitable conop great quanties of warmaterial. Bat the morning at St. Stephen's particularly showing remarkable entire village. tion of "the freedom of the sess." At any rate, the general ques what of the men? Only a few Chinese Charch, when forty-one adaptablity to any form of mandal
of conatry which at present hi tion wrapped up in this phrase is likely to come under considers- days ago, Harr Ebert Bonounced Chinese were confirmed, many of work Hongkong does not This scheme, initiated and not been fully developed. .... "The" tion in the near future, in which event the position both of British the establishment of what he whom were aged persons. They abound in a variety of frait, ell developed by Chinese, is a promotion of agriculture in the and American policy will doubtless recsive stication.
described as a new Nations! were presented by the incumbent our supplies being secured from anorete one, cffaring something New Territories is subject The leacon from all this is that Hongking must bear itself. Defence Army" for the purpose of the Church, the Rev. Lee Kx Canton and the neighbouring approaching an adeq zats solation which bids fair to attract moch measure due to its free character. But this sins will not necesAssembly. There may be more snother Chinese clergymar, the now come to the Hongkong on which the Government ciald There can be no doubt that the growth of our port has beer in large of protecting the National Yan. The prayers were read by lands. Most of the fruite, that of the housing problem. It attention la fature years,
indicates one of the many lines sarily keep it in ita present position. In the matter of shipping in this than meets the eye. Rev. Mr. Chan, The Church could be grown here. facilitice, as in all other spheres, we have to keep pace with the La sey event, we know the was thronged with poople. The Although the range of caries of antelioration of our times. Bigger and higger ships are coming to the Oring Wo German capacity for organ- evening confirmation was at the frail is wide, it goes without aa5- have to see that the Calony has adequate mooring and wharving testion, and, in view of irft zenves Cathedral and seventeen perscue ag that those varieties only will Well Worth a Vislť,
A visit to 15, On L, k_Viilsga¦ From the Mar Hongkong even five or ten years ago will not suffice for the future. the Fatherland, a word from a Copley Moyls and the Rev. J. for their superiority are is well worth, while and advant: 11 There are great opportunities ahead. The Colony's share of the new or, even old, leader might Sidney Harrington. Here also preferred to other. This is soas, and much valuable inftyphe plams will depend entirely on the mesenre of enterprise shown in easily result in s frab turn in there was a very large cogregs not so say a matters may at formation could
obtained Improving the port'e facilities and tone attraoling trade to illa grat events, not altogether to the fion. The Bishop delivered as first sight seem, for there is the first hard of what has been and distributing centre.
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