1929-03-28 — Page 7

S.S. RESOLUTE

Special Tourists' Supplement and Shopping Guide

THE CHINA MAIL SPECIAL TOURISTS SUPPLEMENT.

THE STORE OF QUALITY,

BOMBAY SILK STORE

HERE'S THE PLACE TO BUY

HOURI COATS, COOLIE COATS

MANDARIN COATS EMBROIDERED SHAWLS

SILK KIMONOS

Ladies' Dresses and Gentlemen's Garments

made to order within 24 hours.

No. 2. D'Aguilar Street. ·

(Next to Flower St.)

THE CHINESE BAZAAR

SWATOW

DRAWN WORKS

CANTON

SILK

EMBROIDERED

SHAWLS

LADIES' SILK

UNDERWEAR

KIMONOS.

ESTABLISHED 1905,

HIGH CLASS SPECIALISTS IN

REAL HAND-MADE

TRADE MARK

CHINA BUILDING

QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL,

HONG RONG.

CABLE · ADD. “BAZAAR”.

HOURI COATS

HAPPY COATS

SCARFS

PYJAMA SUITS

LACES

IVORY & AMBER

WARE

& ORIENTAL

FANCY GOODS.

PHONE No. C. 4744..

LOONG SHING

Established 1865.

Beautiful Selection of

Jewellery, Jade & Gold Ware, Pearls, Crystal, `Agate, Amber, Jade trees and various kinds of stones

also

Antique and Rare Chinese Curios, Old Ivory ware,

best Canton Shawls etc.

Inspection cordially invited.

48, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL,

HONG KONG.

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 are cordially invited to inspect our unique exhibition..

WHILE IN HONG KONG

OBTAIN YOUR SMOKES FROM US

WE STOCK ALL KINDS OF

CIGARETTES

TOBACCOS

CIGARS

AND

„SMOKERS REQUISITES

TABAQUERIA FILIPINA

HONG KONG'S LEADING TOBACCONISTS

Asiatic Bldg,

Top of Fedder Street.

Queen's Road, C.

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1929.

THE RIGHT STORE FOR

Shawls

DRAWN

Tea sets

Bedspreads

THREAD

Table cloths

WORK

Luncheon sets

SILK Underwear

Houri Coats

Pyjamas

FINE IVORY, GOOD LACQUER, OLD CHINA, PRETTY CLOISONNE

IS

FOOK WENG & CO.

China Building, Queen's Road, Central.

AND

19, Nanking Road, Shanghai,

IN AND AROUND HONG KONG.

WHAT TO SEE AND HOW TO SEE IT

TABLOID INFORMATION TO HELP THE TOURIST

a

British Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi, KCMG.) with a Legisla tive Counell. The Colony is also the headquarters of the South China Command. British Army, and a naval station.

The Peak By Night From the deck of the steamer the city of Victoria is overshadowed by

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.

Tour 3

Distange sixty miles; Time 3% hours. Commencing at Kowloon Ferry via Castle Peak, Fanling Golf Course, Tatpo and Shatin, finishing at Kowloon Ferry.

"Glorious Hong Kong.". This apt description was used by the Bishop of London in bidding farewell to the Colony recently. And as he was more a missioner than a tourist in the ordinarily accepted sense of the

Tour 2 word his impression of Hong Kong

Commencing from centre of town, must be taken as it stands without any idea of comparison with other

tia Lower Peak Tram Station and places in the itinerary of the a range of hills, called Victoria as above to Repulse Bay, thence the Hotel via Stubbe'-road. pleasure-seeking globe trotter. But Peak, on which at night scintillate Peak "glorious Hong Kong can never hundreds of electric lights, resembl- Finishing with auto at the Peak

Hotel. mean anything to the visitor by ing a glimpse of fairyland. It is a

From the Peak Hotel the ascent liner who comes ashore merely to sight that is never forgotten a "stretch his lege" and to "see what sight that can always enchant the by chair to the Flag Staff should there is to see" without any precon- oldest resident as well as the new-not be missed. Descent to the City ceived notions of arranging a eye-comer. The Island is separated may be made by the Peak Transway. Chair and Tram fares are not in- tematic programme within the from the mainland by a narrow limited time at his disposal.

strait, which makes an excellent cluded in the above fares.. "Call at Cook's," Yes; that may harbour the approaches to which sound like a way out. And if not from the ocean are dotted with Cook's then at the Hong Kong green-capped islets that rival in Hotel's Tourist Bureau, or the beauty even the great harbour of Canadian Pacific Railway Com- Sydney. And even that beauty is pany'a aganey or the American Ex-eclipsed by the scenery on the press Company. But-and there is island itself and on the malaland. always a "but" for the tourist in a The possibilities of sight-seeing strange land-great as is the work on the part of the visitor are al- that these concerns do on behalf of ways, of course, circumscribed by the tourist, if each and every in- the brevity of his stay in the port. dividual on a liner containing han- With only a day at one's disposal dreds of passengers all resolved on the most must be made of the time the same course of action on landing so as to take in even in a fleeting in Hong Kong they would assuredly manner as much as possible of the crowd out the enquiry offices of the local sights. When a stay of two aforementioned concerns. True, or even three days is made, then, these prepare for tourist liners and naturally the visitor can pick and arrange schedules of tours and time choose what he would like to see and tables-some dividing the visitors to omit that which may not particu nr the more enjoyable tiffin. Leav into several personally conducted larly appeal to him. As one man's] ing Repulse Bay Hotel the journey parties but why should that in- meat maybe another man's is proceeded with to Stanley Bay, formation not be at the disposal of poison, so 'one type of scenery or Tytamtuk Reservoir, and Sai Wan the tourist beforehand? That is the one place of interest may draw a Gap and thence to Shaukiwan intention of the present "Tourist crowd and still leave others cold and Within a short time Taikoo Dock is Supplement" to the "China Mail." impressionless. But no tourist can reached, and from there it is a very afford to leave out the ascent of the short drive back to the original Peak, undertaking the journey by point of departure. motor car to the Peak Hotel, thence The entire drive covers a distance by eedan chair to the Signal Station of 26 miles, but the scenery en and returning by chair to the Hotel route cannot adequately be describ- and making the descent by tramed in mere prose. It has to be

A Word About Hong Kong' Of books and other literature on Hong Kong there is a plethora. Even to attempt to condense that information here might be weart- some to some, although welcome to others. There must be a happy car. mean. Statistics need not neces- sarily be dry-as-dust. Much de pends on the mauner of their presentation and their ability to grip the interest of the reader.

Every school boy knows that Hong Kong is a British Colony lying off the south-east coast of China at the estuary of the Chuklang River the Colony, (commonly called the Canton River

Three Tours

Many suitable trips on the Island and in the New Territories could be suggested to the tourist here for a day or so. The following three are all easily accessible and have been drawn up so as to give the visitor a fair indication of the beauties of

Tour 1

The Colony is not confined to the The party should start at about Island; it includes a small portion of 11.45 am. by motor car from the the mainland on the Peninsula of Kowloon and the New Territories. The capital of the Colony is called Victoria, and the extreme length of the Island is eleven miles and the breadth two to five miles. There is moon.

centre of the town and proceed past the Lower Tron Station to Govern ment House, the Dairy Farm, and Upper Road to Repulas Esy..

Tiffin at Repulse Bay Hotel, about

Round the Island What has been well described as one of the most magnificent drives in the world is that by motor car round the Island. The route fol lowed is from Queen's-road Cen- tral, thence into Garden-road, past Government House and the Botanic Gardens, along Caine-road, Bonham- road, past. the University of Hong Kong, along Pokfulam-road, Aber- deen-road, and Repulse Bay, where a stop can be had for refreshments

seen to be appreciated as it deserves. Next to the ascent and descent of the Peak It is a trip that no tourist should omit from his programme of sight-seeing,

Other Places of Interest Apart from motor launches that take the visitor to Stonecutters Island and numerous Inlets, ahound- ing in most beautiful scenery, there is much to entertain, amuse and instruct without resort to vehicles. The Chinese curio shops and Indian stores cannot well be passed over by those in search of novelty or for a souvenir of their visit to this en- chanted. Dale. There is "China Town," teeming with thousands of (Continued on Page 2)

SWATOW TRADING COMPANY

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PEDDER STREET.

(opposite Hong Kong Hotel)

Swatow

DRAWN WORK.

Art

Embroideries, SILK SHAWLS.

Laces.

EVERY VISITOR TO HONG KONG. VISITS

CHELLARAM'S

SHAWL EMPORIUM.

The Shop Famed All Over The Work For

BEAUTIFUL SILKS

SHAWLS, HOURI COATS, PERSIAN COATS, KIMONOS, LADIES' UNDIES AND DOZENS OF OTHER DAINTY THINGS.

TAILORING

SPECIALITY

ORDERS BEING COMPLETED WITHIN 12 HOURS.

RIGHT OPPOSITE **

THE HONG KONG HOTEL.

WELCOME

TO THE WORLD CRUISE,

PIONEER SILK STORE

invites you to inspect the large and varied assortment of

Silk

and Shawls, Houri, Happy, Persian Coats, Embroideries, etc., etc. also

Amber, Ivory, Crystal, etc.

Ladies' Dresses and Gentlemen's Shirts, Pyjamas and Pongee Suits executed and delivered before you sail from Hong Kong. CHINA BUILDING QUEEN'S ROAD C. BRANCH: PENINSULA HOTEL.

DAIMYO

JAPANESE SILK STORE

SILK AND FANCY GOODS STORE

LARGE SELECTION OF READY MADE JAPANESE KIMONOS

GROUND FLOOR

HONG KONG HOTEL BUILDING

27, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

HONG KONG

CHINA HANDICRAFT CO.

Manufacturers and Exporters

Beautiful Hand Made Embroideries and Finest Quality of

Silk Underwear, Linen Drawn,

also

Silk Shawls, Ivory, Jade, Lacquer, Pewter, Cloisonne Ware

and

Blackwood Furniture.

34, Queen's Road Central. (Corner of Flower Street).

PEDLER STREET. Opposite BK. Hotel

Hong Kong.

Straw Hats priced from $8.50

Mex. Smart Washing Dresses in

Art Silk, Volle and Lines priced

from $12.50 Mex. Evening

Dresses priced from $40 Mex.

Raincoats in Rubber and Art Silk

priced from $8.50 Mex.

Handbags and Novelties.