1928-03-28 — Page 7

S.S. RESOLUTE

Special Tourists' Supplement and Shopping Guide

THE CHINA MAIL SPECIAL TOURISTS SUPPLEMENT. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 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

(Next to Flower St )

Your Opportunity

To Make You Shopping Headquarters at

“WASSIAMULLS”

Silk Store of Satisfaction.

Houri Coats, Mandarin Coats, Silk Kimones Pyjamas and Silks of all Kinds, Indian Chinese and Japanese Dresses, Pyjamas, Shirts and Ponjee Suits made to order within 24. Hours.

34, Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong.

Komor & Komor

(Established 1867).

The oldest and most reliable

CURIO & ART

Collection in Hong Kong

All articles marked in

plain figures.

Goods packed, shipped

and forwarded to all parts of the world.

Visitors are cordially invited to view our exhibition

whether they buy or not.

KOMOR & KOMOR

ART AND CURIO EXPERTS

St. George's Building (near The Hong Kong Ferry)

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

Asiatic Bldg.

Queen's Road, C.

HERE IS THE STORE TO BUY

YOUR

HOURICOATS,

EMBD.

SILKS,

SHAWLS, MANDARIN-COATS,

KIMONOS, CURIOS, AMBER &

UNDERWEAR,

at moderate prices.

LET US BE YOUR “TAILOR”

and make Dresses, Pyjmas, Shirts and Ponjee Suits etc. etc. WITHIN

24 HOURS, under our full Satis- faction Guarantee.

CARPETS & RUGS STOCKED.

THE EASTERN BAZAAR (Silk Store of Satisfaction)

35, Queen's Road, Central Hong Kong

IN AND AROUND HONG KONG.

WHAT TO SEE AND HOW TO SEE IT.

TABLOID INFORMATION TO HELP THE TOURIST.

of Hong Kong must be taken as

That

And

"Glorious Hong Kong." This into several personally conductedtoria Peak, on which at night ant description was used by the parties--but why should that in- scintillate hundreds of electric lights, resembling a glimpse of Bishop of London in bidding fare-formation not be at the disposal fairyland. It is a sight that is well to the Colony recently. And of the tourist beforehand?

is the intention of

never forgotten-a sight that can as he was more a missioner than a "Tourist

the present always enchant the oldest resident Supplement" tourist in the ordinarily accepted "China Mail."

to the as well as the newcomer. The Island is separated from the main- sense of the word his impression

A Word About Hong Kong.

land by a narrow strait, which Of books and other literature on

makes an excellent harbour the It stands without any idea of com: Hong Kong there is a plethora. approaches to which from the parison with other places in the Even to attempt to condense that islets that rival in beauty even the ocean, are dotted with green-capped itinerary of the pleasure-aceking information here might be weari- great harbour of Sydney. globe trotter.. But "glorious Hong some to some, although welcome to even that beauty i eclipsed by the others, There must be a happy scenery on the Island itself and Kong" can never mean anything to теал. Statistics need not neces- the visitor by. liner who comessarily be dry-as-dust. Much, de- aphore merely to "atretch his legs"pends on the manner of their pre- and to "see what there is to see" sentation and their ability to grip without any preconceived notions the interest of the reader.

by the brevity of his stay in the of arranging a systematie pro- Every school boy knows that gramme within the limited time at Hong Kong is a British Colony sal the most must be made of

port. With only a day at one's dis his disposal.

lying off the south-east coast of the time so as to take in even in "Call at Cook's ?" Yes; that may China at the estuary of the Chu-a fleeting manner as much as pos- sound like a way out. And if not kiang River (commonly called the sible of the local sights. Cook's then at the Hong Kong Canton River. The Colony is not a stay of two or even three days Hotel's Tourist Bureau, or the confined to the Island; it includes is made, then, naturally the visitor Canadian Pacific Railway Com-a small portion of the mainland on ean pick and choose what pany's agency or the American Ex- the Peninsula of Kowloon and the would like to see and to omit that press Company. But-and there New Territories..

The capital of which may not particularly appeal

acme course of

4

on the mainland,

on

The possibilities of sight-seeing the part of the visitor are circumscribed always, of course,

When

he

of

is always a "but for the tourist the Colony, is called Victoria, and to him. As one man's meat may in a strange land-great as is the the extreme length of the Island be another man's poison, so one work that these concerns do on be- is eleven miles and the breadth two type of scenery or one place half of the tourist, if each and to five miles. There is a British interest may draw a crowd and (Sir Cecil every individual on a liner con- Governor

Clementi, still leave others cold and im Legislative pressionless. But no tourist can taining hundreds of passengers ail KC.M.G.) with resolved on the

Council, The Colony is also the afford to leave out the ascent of action on landing in Hong Kong headquarters of the South China the Peak, undertaking the journey they would assuredly crowd out Command, British Army, and a by motor car to the Peak Hotel, the enquiry offices of the afore- naval station.

thence by sedan chair to the Signal mentioned concerns. True, these:

Station and returning by chair to. prepare for tourist liners and ar- From the deck of the steamer the Hotel and making the descent range schedules of tours and time the city of Victoria is overshadow-by tram car. tables some dividing the visitorsed by a range of hills, called Vic- (Continued on Page 2.)

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The Peak By Night.

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, NightTM Wear, Fine Silks, Scarves.

Gents' and Ladies'

Tailoring.

Orders executed

within

2

few hours.

D. CHELLARAM

ROYAL SILK STORE

OPPOSITE QUEEN'S THEATRE (See advertisement of Popular Silk Store).

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 Ladles done by our expert tallors in the quickest time possible.

China Bldg.

CHINA

FANCY

GOODS

Queen's Rd. C.

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.

BEST CANTON SHAWLS

FINEST LINEN DRAWN

WORK

HOURI COATS, SILK UNDERWEAR, MANDARIN COSTUMES, IVORY WARE,

Hong Kong Office

China Bldg., Queen's Rd. C.

Tel. C.4628,

CLOISONNE WARE, ANTIQUES.

FOOK WENG & C

Shanghai Office

Nanking Rd:

Queen's Rd: C.