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Reduced Through Tickets to Europe via U.S.A. Varying from £79 to £120-on Sale.
San Francisco via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu,
Chichibu Maru
Tatauta Maru
Illye Maru.
Wednesday, 1st June. Wednesday, 15th June,
Seattle, Vancouver via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
Heian Maru
Tuesday, 7th June. Sunday, 3rd July.
London, Marseilles, Antwerp & Rotterdam via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo
& Suez.
Fushimi Mara'
.Saturday, 28th May.
Saturday 11th June.
Hakozaki Maru
Sydney & Melbourne via Manila & Ports.
Kitano Maru
Atsuta Maru
Friday, 27th May, Saturday, 25th June.
Bombay via Singapore, Penang & Colombo.
"Tottori Maru
Kaga Maru
.Sunday, 29th May. .Saturday, 11th June. South America (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu.
Los Angeles, Mexico & Panama.
Bokuyo Maru
New York, Boston via Panama.
THE
HONGKONG
COLONY'S GREAT PROGRESS
(Continued from Page 8.)'
TELEGRAPH,
much Of course it has been aided by the Kowloon Extension Agreement of 1898 made between China and Great Britain in pur suance of which the, Hongkong Government, in April 1899, took over for a term of 10 years from the 24th June, 1898 (inter alia) the Kowloon hinterland from the old boundary, which ran some- present line of where near the Prince Edward Road, northwords to the Shan Chun' River, and west- ward to the west point of Lantuo Inland and eastward to and in- cluding Mira Bay.
of that Prior to the making Agreement, the bills behind Kow- loop, which dominate the harbour,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, "1932.
means, in howeper humble a do- gree, of advancing the progross In Prosperity of the neighbour-
and
of China.
These vastly improved means of which have ro- communication, volutionfeed to a great extent life in the Colony, may be considered under the following heads:
(1) The Peak Tramway, oponed on the 1st May 1888, on which date the buildings at the Peak con- slated of about two dozen houses, some of them merely wooden bun- galowe, whilst the then Ponk Hotel At that time there were at the contained only seven bedrooms.. Peak no terraces, no barracks, no flats and no hospitals, and it took about 40 minutes to mount up the Penk Road in a four-coolie chair from the old Hongkong Club, situate where the King's Theatre now la, to the Victoria Gap (now the upper terminus of the Peak Tramway).
(II) The Hongkong Tramways, and half the waters of the Lyce-built in 1902 and the following man pass, were under jurisdiction.
Chinese
In 1888, the only important dis trict in British Kowloon, as it was then called to distinguish it from Chinese Kowloon, was Yaumati, and the census of 1891 shows that the population of British Kowloon was then just under 20,000 per-
SONN.
Growth Of Population.
yeRTH,
which, in the pre-motor period, were the quickest method of transit from Shaukiwan in the east to Kennedy Town in the West, (I) The Kowloon-Canton tail- way
which was opened in the providing autumn of 1910 thus this Colony with rapid land com- munication with Canton, and in- cidentally paving the way for im- portant residential, sporting and agricultural developments in those This parts of the New Territories which were adjacent to the line. railway was also fed by a branch line (now replaced by a motor. the foothills has been astonishing, with the result that the popula-road) to Sha Tuo Kok in the north- west corner of Mira Bay and by a tion of the whole of the Kowloon
between the steamlaunch service between Sha Peninsula doubled
U Cheung in the middle of the in which years 1921 and 1931.
Nurth shore of Mirs Bay to Taipo. latter year the figures of popula tion for the Peninsula'were rough- fy 265,000, whilst the figures. for Hongkong Island were 410,000,
Of late, and especially during the past 10 years, the incrense of bulliling and population on the up to Kowloon Peninsula right
As a statistical side-note, I may mention that in 1888, the revenue of the Colony was only one and a half million dollars, whereas in 1931 it was 31 million dollars,
Kowloon can now boast of the finest hotel in the Colony, and of the terminal station of the Kow. Joon Canton-Railway, which en- thusiasts lleve will one day have through carriages to Calais. Also, most of the finest ocean liners now lend their passengers at Kowloon.
The Malarial Mosquito.
1 need to enlarge upon the im- portance of the discovery of the malarini mosquito, the credit for which must be shared between Sir Ronald Ross and the late
Shr
Patrick Manson, who for many years practised in this Colony In partnership with the Inte Sir James Cattle and Dr. Martigan. and. on his retirement, became the Colonial Medical Adviser to Gaice.
now to re- It seems pathetic member that when, in 1889, bail mularia broke out in consequence of building operations at Rich- West Point, the mund Terrace. outbreak was attributed to the re-
Motor RoudİN,
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE. SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
The Steamship,.
"D'ARTAGNAN"
Arrived Hongkong on Monday, the 23rd May, 1932.
From MARSEILLES &c. Consignees of Cargo by the abevo named steamer are heroby informed that their goods with the exception of Oplum, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and placed at their risk in the Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd.. whence delivery can be obtained as the goods are fonded
Goods not cleared within 7 days including date of arrival, will be Rubject to rent,
All claims must be sent to the undersigned before the Wednesday, the lat June, 1982, or they will not be recognized.
and Saturday,
Damaged Packages must be loft in the Godowns for examination by Company'a the consignees, and the
Messrs:-Goddard Surveyor Douglas at 10.00 a.m. the 28th May, 1932. Consignees must have a Revenue Oficer in attendanco when damnged dutinble goods are examined by the Company's Sur- veyors.
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.
No Fire Insuranco will be effected by us in any ense whatever.
R. OIL,
Hongkong, 23rd May, 1032.
Agent.
WILH. WILHELMSEN. The NORWEGIAN, AFRICA and AUSTRALIA LINE,
The Motorship,
COR-
"TENERIFFA" having arrived from Norway vin ports on the 19th May, 1942, signees of eargo are hereby notified that all goods are being headed at their risk into the non-hazardous, Jazardous and/or extra hazardous down of the Hongkong and Kow lon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd.. may be obtained. whence delivery Stubba.
Goods not elenred by the 26th May. 1982, will be subject to rent.
All broken, chafed and damaged he left in the to are packages godown where they will be examined 10 .. on the 25th May, 1932, ut by our Surveyors, Messrs. Anderson & Ashu.
(iv) Since 1912 the following Important motor-roads have been minde during the governorship of the late Sir Henry May and his
Sir Edward successor, namely, the circular motor road from Kowloon vin Castle Peak to Fanling, returning by way of Tai- po to Kowloon, the motor rond round the Island with its branch Rond to Shek O, and the Stubbs to the Peak with its branch to Re- pulse Bay. Also, a motor-road up to the mid-levels has been built.
a
These roads have enabled resi- dences to be built in outlying parts of the Colony, which were previous- ly inaccessible, Including the Re- pulse Bay Hotel (built in what was formerly very lonely bay). Motor roads have also been the means of granting facilities for bathing from the land both on Hongkong Island and the mainland, whereas previously bathing had taken place almost exclusively from stenm-launches. And very pleasant some of those moonlight plenice
were.
Motor roads have also been the occasion of the starting of numer ous well-run motor-bas enterprises on both sides of the harbour, and incidentally of helping to develop
Телче of poisonous games by the the prosperity of outlying villages
upturning of the soil.
Cantlie was the founder of the Hongkong School of Tropical Medicine, in which the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen graduated and which in due course became the nucleus of the Medical Faculty at the Uni- versity of Hongkong.
by appealing Thursday, 7th July.
Liverpool via Saigon, Port Said, Beyrough, Istanbul,
Piraeus. Genva, Marseilles & Valencia.
"Dakar Maru
..Wednesday, 15th June,
Calcutta via Singapore. Penang & Rangoon,
*Tokushima Maru
*Nagato Maru
Kobo & Yokohama.
...Sunday, 29th May.
Wednesday, 8th June.
Iakusan Maru (Calls Shanghai) Thurs., 26th May. "Hakodate Maru (Calls Keelung) Sunday, 29th May. Haruna Maru (Calls Shanghal) Friday, 10th June. "Cargo only.
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3 p.in. 3 p.ru. 7 .m.
7 .net.
-
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General Managers, Excellent first class accommodation fa provided for Round Trip to Japan, on Company's Calcutta Line Steamers, at the specially roducci fare of $250. Those rotura tlskets. a to -avaliable for three months."
on the mainland.
Another means of communication which has very much improved both in the quality and speed of the launches and in the regularity of running are the various ferry ser vices which ply in the waters of the Colony.
Use of Wireless
In the nineties of the last cen
About forty years ago the first tury Cantlle was the means of saving the life of Dr. Sun Yat Sen,vireless message was finshed across British the Atlantic from Newfoundland to to the Foreign Office in London, when the Cornwall. latter was in danger of being kidnapped and taken to Chinn for the purpose of being beheaded.
The University.
The University of Hongkong, which was built with moneys given by the late Sir Harmusjce Mody. was opened in 1912 by Sir Fro- derick (now Lord) Lugard. De- grees in Engineering and Medicine, and at a later date in Arts, have been conferred upon Chinese com- ing from many Provinces of China and from many other parts of of the Asin. The importance University has been recognized by liberal donations from the Hong- Messrs. kong Government, from Butterfeld & Swire, from the late Sir Paul Chater, and from many generous Chinese donors resident in this Colony, whose names are recorded in the printed Calendar of the University.
Dr. Lim Koon Beng, when re- celving his Honorary Degree of LL.D., referred to the University as light-house for China, and its Staff and supporters would in- deed be proud if it should be the
Twenty years ago or thereabouts the big wireless Naval Station on Stonecutters Island was erected, and since then a wireless station for receiving messages from ships has been erected at Cape D'Aguilar, and both transmitting and recely- ing instrumenta have been installed at the Observatory at Kowloon.
most
About 10 years ago the Chinese Government erected a wireless sta- tion on the Pratas shoal, 180 miles of Hongkong, to the South-East which has been
useful in transmitting to our observatory and to other land stations round the China seas warning of the pre- sence of typhoons in the South China Sea.
For many years past Naval and merchant ships of many nations have had wireloss fitted to thom, which has enabled them to rush quickly to the assistance of any vessel sending out signals of dis- treas.
The latesand very striking in- stance batility of ships' wire- less as a heans of saving lito is exemplified by the prompt of- (Continued on page 11).
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Claims will not be recoverable unless complete accounts are sent in dis- within fourteen days of final charge of vessel.
No Fire Insuraned will be effected by us in any ense whatever.
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