1930-10-27 — Page 7

S.S. "MALOLO"

Special Tourists' Supplement and Shopping Guide

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1930.

KASHMIR SILK STORE

Right Opposite Queen's Theatre,

36A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

Invite you to call at their store where they have on display a beautiful array of :-

SILK EMBROIDERED SHAWLS, KIMONOS, HOURI COATS, HAPPY COATS, DANCING - COATS, EMBROIDERED SILK UNDERWEAR AND ALL QUALITIES OF SILKS.

Ladies' Dresses and Gentlemen's Shirts, Pyjamas and Pongee Suits made to order within 16 hours' time.

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.)

LOONG SHING

Established 1865.

Beautiful Selection of

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

also

Antique and Rare Chinese Curios, Old Ivory ware,

O best Canton Shawls etc.

Inspection cordially invited.

48, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL, HONG KONG.

CHUI YUEN

JADE MERCHANT,

39a, Queen's Road, C.

Dealers in :

JEWELLERY, AMETHYST &

AGATE ORNAMENTS, OLD IVORY, CORAL FIGURES, LAPISLAZULI, CORNELIAN, TURQOUISE, JADE TREES and OLD SCREENS.

HANG ON IVORY STORE

39a, Queen's Road Central.

MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS

WHOLESALE & RETAIL,

DEALERS IN

CARVED IVORY NECKLACES, BRACELETS,

COMBS, BROOCHES.

CIGAR & CIGARETTE HOLDERS, FIGURES, PENDANTS, BALLS. MAJONG SETS, etc. etc

-AT-REASONABLE PRICES.

THE CHINA MAIL SPECIAL TOURISTS' SUPPLEMENT.

WHEN YOU REACH HONG KONG

Don't Fail. To Visit

CHELLARAM'S

THE LEADING STORE IN THE FAR EAST FOR

SILKS & SILK GOODS

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

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

TAILORING A SPECIALITY

Orders Being Completed Within 12 Hours.

:

THE FAMOUS SHAWL EMPORIUM Right Opposite The Hong Kong Hotel.

YOUR VISIT TO HONG KONG

HOW TO MAKE IT INTERESTING AND MEMORABLE.

A GUIDE FOR THE TOURIST.

You don't have to be a geographer to have heard of Hong Kong. Whether you come from a "tall grass rogion" of the United States or from a gigantic City that has no time to bother about. other places, the name will be familiar to you. After all, it is one of the greatest ports in the world, possessing an ideal harbour, which makes it eminently suitable for the extensive entrepot trade with China. As for beauty of scenery, you have the essence of the Orient cheek by jowl with views that rival Japan, the South of France, the West Coast of England, and the Highlands of Scotland. Whether or not you are to enjoy your visit depends wholly upon the manner in which you go about your sight-seeing. Below we offer to the tourist a few hints, the fruits of experi- ence, which, if taken, will enable him to see and enjoy the best that the Colony can offer in the least possible time.

typhoons, pirates, poisoners, malaria, and dysentery, and in Bri- tain contempt for the new Colony was expressed in the popular song,, "You may go to Hong Kong for me."

We shall have to begin with a enviable reputation for rainstorms, little history, In the first place, the two words. Hong Kong mean "Fragrant Harbour"it is not dif- ficult to see why. Prior to 184 there was no recognised name for the Island. The anchorage at Aber- deen (a picturesque fishing village on the side opposite the Harbour) was known to sailors as Heung Kong, The Chinese characters re- presenting that name may be trans- lated by "Fragrant Stream" or "Fragrant Harbour." Another pos- sible rendering is "Heung's Har- bour," the haunt of a notorious pirate named Heung.

Kowloon (the mainland opposite Hong Kong) is the anglicised form of the Chinese Kau Lung (nine dragons). This name is derived from the ridge of nine hills which form a rampart along the northern side of the harbour and seem to be guarding the approach to China.

Singular Beauty. To-day this formerly despised possession is one of the world's busiest ports and the admiration, without exception, of every visitor to its shores. From the sea, and

PIONEER SILK STORE

(China Building)

THE LEADING SILK STORE IN

joining the residence of His Ex- cellency the Governor (Sir William Peel, C.M.G.), reaching an altitude of 1825 feet.

There abound beautifully laid-out gardens, public and private, and solidly constructed roads, some, of. them bordered with bamboos and other delicately-fronded trees, and fringed with the luxuriant growth cf semi,tropical vegetation. The temperature has a yearly range of from 45 to 99 degrees, but it occa efonally falls below 40, and Ice has been known to occur on the Penk.

The Shopping Centre. Naturally you will be interested to hear about the City and the won,{ derful shops, both European and Chinese, which attract the tourist from all parts of the world. The central areas of the City are well built, the roads and streets are for the most part admirably made and

You may see them from your ship THE COLONY OF HONG KONG kept up and many of the thorough-

quite plainly.

Hong Keng became a British Colony in 1841. In 1860 about two square miles of the mainland of Kowloon and Stonecutters' Island were leased in perpetuity. The dis- trict called the "New Territory" was leased to Great Britain in 1898 for a period of ninety-nine years. It covers 876 square miles and in- cludes the island of Lan Tau and the waters of the farther shores of Deep Bay and Mirs Bay. So much for history,

The Old and the New,

CARRYING. ALL THE BEST

OBTAINABLE

› CHINESE

SILK

GOODS.

Inspection Earnestly, Solicited.

fares delightfully shaded with well- grown trees. The European busi- ness quarter occupies the middle of the City, from Pottinger Street to the Naval Yard, but with the ex- ception of this limited area almost all the lower levels, especially the western district, are covered by a dense mass of Chinese shops and tonements. On the mainland new Industrial and residential areas are rapidly springing up.

For the lover of the by-ways, and for those seeking the unusual pur- chase (who does not?), we would suggest a trip that can be both in tereating and profitable. Few tour- ists, even many residents of the Colony, have heard of a district in Hong Kong called "Paddy's Mar-

Few people can realise how great especially from the magnificent has been the change in the Island harbour, which faces the capital, since the British administration. A the general aspect of Hong Kong la book entitled "China," published in one of singular beauty. The hills 1847, contains a chapter with the are generously planted with Japan- kat." The origin of the name is following heading: "Hong Kong, its ese firs, and the streama, which are position, prospects, character, and plentiful, are traced through the utter worthlessness from every cplands and glens by a line of point of view to Britain.", To-day straggling brushwood and herbage. one laughs at that prophecy. How The hills, which are mainly compes over, when it was written there ed of granite, rise in irregular seemed reasons for such a fore masses to considerable heights, the boding, for the place had an un-loftiest point, Victoria Peak, ad-

obscure some enterprising Irish- man was at the bottom of it un- doubtedly. This section of Hong Kong is said to resemble the remote shopping sections of old Faking, or possibly the Thieves Market of Shanghai.

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TRUST IN US AND YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. THE SWATOW TRUSTING CO.

178, Queen's Rd. C.

MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS OF SWATOW DRAWN WORK, CANTON SILK SHAWLS,

Handmade laces, handkerchiefs, cross-stitched work, art erabroideries, scarves, ivory carving, afaber, curios,- noveltie tapestries, old embroidered pieces, mandarin.coats, sldrts, pur silk and crepe ladies, underwear, pyjamas, kimonos, houri coats cloisonne, pewter, lacquer, and brass ware, all kinds of Ch fancy gooda, jewellery and fade articles

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

Inspection Cordially Invited.

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WE SPECIALIZE

IN

JADE

Necklaces, Pendants, Bracelets, etc.

ALSO-

EXQUISITELY DESIGNED -IVORY BALLS,

Dealers in Silk Underwear, Shawls,

Lacquer, Pewter, Cloisonne,

Linen, Grass Cloth, Drawn Thread Work, BLACKWOOD FURNITURE.

WAH KEE

38, Queen's Road Central. Opposite Queen's Theatre.

KOMOR & KOMOR

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(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.

PATRONIZE

HIN NORA CO

AND BE PLEASED.

SPECIALISTS IN

TABLE LİNENS, SILK SHAWLS, LADIES' SILK · UNDERWEAR.

and great varieties of CHINESE NOVELTIES & FANCY GOODS.

SWATOW DRAWN WORK CO.

14, PEDDER STREET, HONG KONG.

CHINA HANDICRAFT CO.

MANUFACTURERS · AND EXPORTERS -

OF

Beautiful Hand Made Embroideries and Finest Quality of Silk Underwear,

Linen Drawn Work

also

Silk Shawls, Ivory, Lacquer,

Pewter, Cloisonne

and

Blackwood Furniture.

CHINA BUILDING, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

HONG KONG