1928-02-10 — Page 7

S.S. EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA

Special Tourists' Supplement and Shopping Guide

THE CHINA MAIL SPECIAL TOURISTS' SUPPLEMENT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 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

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CHINA FANCY

(Next to Flower St.)

GOODS: 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.

KOMOR & KOMOR

(KUHN & KOMOR) --Established 1869-

THE OLDEST AND MOST RELIABLE

ART & CURIO

Gallery in Hong Kong

St. George's Buildings

'One minute's walk from the Hong Kong ferry.

Visitors Arc cordially invited to inspect our unique

axhibition.

VISIT

TEL. C. 1804.

EASTERN BAZAAR

(ORIENTAL SILK STORE)

FOR SHAWLS, HOURI COATS, RUGS AND CARPETS, UNDER- WEAR, AND SILKS OF ALL KINDS IN LATEST DESIGNS, AT COMPETITIVE PRICES.

PROMPT SERVICE

LADIES' DRESSES AND GOWNS. GENTS' SHIRTS

AND DRESS SUITS AND PYJAMA SUITS MADE TO ORDER

WITHIN 24 HOURS

COURTESY, ECONOMY AND SATISFACTION, GUARANTEED.

35, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

HONG KONG.

POHOOMULL BROTHERS

36, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

OPPOSITE QUEEN'S THEATRE

BRANCHES ALL OVER THE GLOBE

RELIABLE STORE IN HONG KONG :

A FEW MINUTES' WALK FROM LANDING PIER.

SPECIALISTS

IN

ORIENTAL SILKS, HAND EMBROIDERED SHAWLS, KIMONOS, HAORI COATS, DANCING COATS, OLD EMBROIDERY, CHINESE MANDARIN COATS. LADIES' SKIRTS AND PYJAMAS. JADE AND JEWELLERY.

IN AND AROUND HONG KONG,

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centre of the town and proceed past the Lower. Tram Station to Government House, the Dairy Farm, and Upper Road to Repulse

Leaving Repulse Bay at 2 p.m. and proceeding round the Island via Quarry Bay and Happy Valley arriving back in town about 2.45 p.m. Distance covered about thirty miles.

WHAT TO SEE AND HOW TO SEE IT.

TABLOID INFORMATION TO HELP THE TOURIST.

"Glorious Hong Kong." This the Colony is called Victoria, and apt description was used by the the extreme length of the Island Bishop of London in bidding fare is eleven miles and the breadth two well to the Colony recently. And to five miles. There is a British as he was more a missioner than a Governor (Sir Cécil Clementl, Bay. tourist in the ordinarily accepted | K.C.M.G.) with # Legislative Tima at Repulse Bay Hotel,; sense of the word his impression Counefi, The Colony is also the about noon. of Hong Kong must be taken ns headquarters of the South China it stands without any idea of com- Command, British Army, and parison with other places in the naval station. itinerary of the pleasure-socking

The Peak By Night. globe trotter. But "glorious Hong From the deck of the steamer Kong" can never mean anything to the city of Victoria is overshadow- the visitor by liner who comesed by a range of hills, called Vic- ashore merely to "stretch his legs" toria Peak, on which at night and to "see what there is to see" scintillate hundreds of electric lights, resembling a glimpse of fairyland. It is a sight that is never forgotten-a sight that can always enchant the oldest resident "Call at Cook's? Yes; that may as well as the newcomer, The Small ear (Four seater) -$7 sound like a way out. And if not Island is separated from the main-Stop over. Cook's then at the Hong Kong land by. narrow strait; which Large car (Six scater):-$10.50 Hotel'a Tourlit Bureau, or the makes an excellent harbour

the extra.. Canadian Pacific Railway Com- approaches to which from the From the Peak Hotel the ascent pany's agency or the American Ex-ocean are dotted with green-capped by chair to the Flag Staff should press Company. But-and there islets that rival in beauty even the not be missed. Descent to the City is always a "but" for the tourist great harbour of Sydney. And

without any preconceived notions of arranging a systematic pro- gramme within the limited time at his disposal.

Tour 2. Commencing from centre of town, via Lower Peak Tram Station and BA above to Repulse Buy, thence the Peak Hotel via Stubbs' Road. Finishing with auto at the Peak Hotel.

in a strange land-great is the even that beauty f eclipsed by the may be made by the Peak Tram- Way. Chair and Tram fares are work that these concerns do on be- scenery on the Island itself and not included in the above fares. half of the tourist, if each and on the mainland.

Tour 3. every individual on a liner con- The possibilities of sight-seeing Distance sixty miles; Time 3% taining hundreds of passengers all on the part of the visitor are hours. Commencing at Kowloon resolved on the same course of always, of course. circumscribed Ferry via Castle Peak, Fanling action on landing in Hong Kong by the brevity of his stay in the Golf Course, Taipo and Shatin, they would assuredly crowd out port. With only a day at one's die finishing at Kowloon Ferry. the enquiry offices of the afore-ip sal the most must be made ́of

Round the Island. mentioned concerns. True, these the time so as to take in even in

What has been well described as prepare for tourist liners and ar-a fleeting manner as much as pos- one of the most magnificent drives range schedules of tours and time alble of the local sights. When in the world is that by motor car tables-some dividing the visitors a stay of two or even three days round the Island. The route fol- into several personally conducted is made, then, naturally the visitor lowed is from Queen's Road Cen- parties but why should that in-can pick and choose what formation not be at the disposal would like to see and to omit that past Government House and the he tral, thence into Garden Road, of the tourist beforehand? That which may not particularly appeal Rotanic Gardens, along Caine Road, la the intention of the present to him. As one man's meat may Bonham Road, past the University "Tourist Supplement" to the bo another man's poison, so one of Hong Kong, along Pokfulam "China Mail."

type of scenery or one place of Road, Aberdeen Road, and Repulse A Word About Hong Kong. interest may draw a crowd and Bay, where a stop can be had for Of books and other literature on still leave others cold and im-refreshments_or Hong Kong there is a plethora. pressionless. But no tourist catt able tiffin. Leaving Repulse Bay the more enjoy- Even to attempt to condense that afford to leave out the ascent of Hotel the journey is proceeded with information here might be weari- the Peak, undertaking the journey to Stanley Bay, Tytamtuk Reser- some to some, although welcome to by motor car to the Peak Hotel, voir, and Sai Wan Gap and thence others. There must be a happy thence by sedan chair to the Signal to Shaukiwan

mern.

Three Tours,

Statistics need not neces-Station and returning by chair to ilme Taikoo Dock is reached, and Within a short sarily be dry-as-dust, Much de- the Hotel and making the descent from there it is a very short drive pends on the manner of their pre-by tram car.

back to the original point of de- santation and their ability to grip

parture. the interest of the reader,'

Many suitable trips on the The entire drive covers a dia- that Island and in the New Territories tance of 26 miles, but the scenery Every school boy knowa Hong Kong is a British Colony could be suggested to the tourist on route lving off the south-east coast of here for a day or so. The follow-described in mere prose."

cannot adequately be Chinn at the estuary of the Chu- Ing three are all easily accessible to be seen to be appreciated as it It has kiang River (commonly called the and have been drawn up so as to deserves. Next to the ascent and Canton River, The Colony is not give the visitor a fair indication of descent of the Peak it is a trip that confined to the Island; it includes the beauties of the Colony,

tourist should omit from his ja amall portion of the mainland on

Tour 1..

programme of sight-seeing.

the Peninsula of Kowloon and the The party should start at about New Territories. The capital of 11.45 a.m. by motor car from the

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THE STORE FOR

SWATOW LINEN DRAWNWORK

Exceptional Quality & Price Also: Laces, Mandarin Costumes, Pewterware, Brassware, Chinaware, Cloisonneware, Ivoryware & Curios.

FOOK WENG & CO.

China Buildings

Queen's Road C.

Tel C. 4628

The store worth visiting in Hong Kong

IS

THE PIONEER SILK STORE

"The Tourists 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.

Queen's Rd. C.

THE FINEST QUALITY OF

JADE

SILVER WARE

JEWELLERY CURIOS

AT THE BEST PRICES

WAI KEE & CO.

HK. Hotel Bldg.

Queen's Road C.

CHELLARAM'S OF EUROPE CROWN

Your stay in Hong Kong

with a visit to

THE SHOP OF QUALITY IN

Shawls, Houri Coats, Kimonos, Mandairn Coats, Underwear, Night Wear, Fine Silks, Scarves.

WHILE IN HONG KONG

OBTAIN YOUR SMOKES FROM US

WE STOCK ALL KINDS OF

CIGARETTES

CIGARS

AND

SMOKERS' REQUISITES TABAQUERIA FILIPINA Hong Kong's Leading Tobacconists

Anlatie Bldg.

Queen's Road, C.

SWATOW TRADING CO.

Swatow

Drawn Work.

Art

Embroideries.

Silk Shawls.

Laces.

Gents' and Ladies' Tailoring.

Orders executed within a few hours.

D. CHELLARAM

ROYAL SILK STORE

OPPOSITE QUEEN'S THEATRE

(See advertisement of Popular Silk Store),