1933-03-20 — Page 14

BY MOTOR

What To See in Hong Kong

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Colony lying at your feet, but, away. towards the sunset, n view of The average visitor on going to waters and islands without rival in a place for the first time wishes to strange beauty except perhaps on. sco as much of it as he can. Drive the West Coast of Scotland. round the New Territories and round will see, better than anywhere clac the Island of Hongkong and it will in real life, the landscape which scenery unsurpassed anywhere in for Mona Lisa.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS LURLINE SUPPLEMENT, MARCH 20, 1933.

special race train leaves Kowloon at 1.05 p.m. There is a programme of seven races and it should be over, and the return journey com pleted by p.m. Those interested in racing should try and make the trip to Fanling to see how the China pony takes the hurdles.'

FOOTBALL

Shops and Biuldings

GLOUCESTER BUILDING

Grays" shops. The shops are gold articles. Some very fine. well-known in Shanghai and Manita; example of ivory carvings can also and enjoy the confidence of the be seen here. The stock in tra Hongkong public.

varied for a detailed description but a visit will show an excellent collection of Oriental jewellery,

over the harbour and the wooded: LAZARUS slopes of the Peak.

Gloucester Building stands on re- claimed ground. Not so very many years ago launches and junks came alongside a pier at this very spot If we want more building land in Hongkong we maks it. Wo level hills and throw them into the ae Any engineers naong you will be interested to see this process is still Colony.

What is more prosaic then a pair of spectacles, and wint is more dis. tressful than to break or lose your you leave your spectacles behind in Just pair And, quite honestly, if

them back again, but the chances a tram or a hired our you may get are something like drawing a run- ner in the Irish Sweepstakes.

In Gloucester Building you will

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PIONEER SILK STORÉ

Building is The Pioneer Silk Storer An attrativo silk store in China where prices are Hera are silks that delight all who very moderate.. visit the Colony. Silk Mandarin coats. Cantonese shawls, ladice silk real brocade and bridge coats are pyjamas, underwear sets, Indian

be, we are guro, a revelation of Leonardo do Vinci made the setting! Hongkong there is just as much graceful tower floodlit every eyen | going on in various parts of the find qualified opticians in the firm available. This big silk store is, the

the world. The Now Territorios nr

lso particularly interesting, for thoir glimpse of the normal life of RACING

China, peaceful, pleasant had mono tonove.

There will be found old

villages and groups of cottura, tilling | gers of Empress of Britain to note and if anyone wnuts to know how West? Everything is there from

thousands of years,

BY TRAM

It may be of interest to passen-

that they will just miss the Annual the soil, by methods used for Race Meeting in Hongkong which extends over five days, the first of which is fixed for February 18. Although the day is not an official holiday, the whole Colony practical. ly will be at Happy Valley during the day fxed for the race meeting. Practically every big merchant in some three hundreil ponies will run Hong Kong is a race owner, and at the meeting. The ponies are in two main classes, the China pony and the Australian pony.. The China ponies are purchased from the North, and come mostly from Manchuria and Mongolin. A good number of them are cross-bred with Russian ponies and these prove to be far 'speedier than the, thorough bred Chiùs pony,

For those who put a new ex- perience before comfort, there cán be no better way of seeing the city to take a tram Westword to Kenne- of Victoria, in all its phases, then "dy Town or Eastward to Shaukiwan, You will not travel too quickly, and you will be able to take in all that

you see.

What may strike you is that you are viewing a new, civili- sation, not China of the old vilinges and narrow streets of its own towns; certainly not the Western way of life, which is here seen in the Central districts and on the Penk. It is Chinese-entirely Chinese, but i Au experiment was tried in the a new Chinn, distinct and indivi-Colony a few years ago with Aus dual.

tralian ponies, and the experiment. Proving, a success, a good number; have since been imported, Austra linn ponies are much faster than China ponies and are not allowed to enter the same events, though

At night time pay a visit to West Point. There you see the Arabian Nights come to life. As to Chinese theatres, there are plenty of them if you care for the experience, but

Hongkong prides itself on "Glou We all feel that cester Building. here we have something on the top here. It is not, of course, a tower of Babel like Woolworth Building— you all know Mr. A. J. Balfour's devotees of Possibly there are

on that subject--but for association football on board the pigrun Engross af Britain. To them it will design, for massiveness and for beng news that the Chinese have shimmering whiteness, with taken very keenly to the game. In

ing, it is something for so distant onthusiasm as in England over u

An outpost as Hongkong to regard league match. The crowds are not with wonder and delight. Inside quite so large, but they know how are there not shops in the cool to make a poise. There are arcades filled with the treasures of number of matches this afternoon the East and the wonders of the young China plays and watches Mandarin colts and Tientsin ear football they will find a visit to pets to spectacles and surgical in- Caroline Hill an education,

struments, There are picture shops and blackwood furniture shops. There are swift lifts to carry you up through the offices of lawyers, brokers, bankers and merchants to. Wherever Englishmen go they lays good restaurant and hotel as down a cricket ground. The Hung- you will find anywhere in the world. local Lords and the Kowloon Crie and our whiskies and cocktails. kong Cricket Club ground is the You will be interested

how we take on morning coffee ket Club ground is the Oval. The British community by no means has There is a cocktail bar in Tudor it all their own way on the cricket style, a white restaurant and a big field, and the champions are the roof garden-with sweeping views Indian Recreation Club. They have ja delightful ground, reminiscent of a typical village cricket field in England. We are sure any cricketer who cares to visit any of these clubs, will be assured' of a cordial welcome.

CRICKET

HONG KONG

if you want to return for a couple they provide very interesting sport off the Kwangtung Province, South

of hours back to your native land, races for their own class. there are moderu picture, houses, showing the latest releases from Hollywood and Elatree. We gene, rally reckon to ba a little bit ahead of London and New York in sceing latest productions.

forthcoming meeting are housed in All the ponies engaged in the the Hongkong Jockey Club's stable at the back of Happy Valley, and there is only one training ground, Happy Valley, where a good num her of owners, jockeys and other enthusiasts turn up in the early mornings to see the tryouts. Those interested cas come along any morn For the adventurous and epering between 0-30 and 8 n.m. when getic, there is nothing better than they can see the China ponies at hiking where you will, up the steep work. hills and down the quaint lanes anil byways of the town.”

ON FOOT

One suggestion for hikers and mountaineers at this time of the year is to go to the very top of tho Peak, which means half na hour's brisk walk from the Upper Peak Tram Station. Make the journey in the late afternoon. You will see not only the town and the

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China ponios carry very heavy weights when they race. They are hardy and 10 stones on their backs is considered a light weight. They frequently race in the vicinity of twelve stones.

A steeplechase meeting takes place at Fanling on Sunday, and it might be interesting to visitors to ser these ponies in action:

THE GREAT CHINA

TREASURE

A

The Island of Hong Kong lies

twenty miles to the cast of the China, and is situated 22 93' North lat. and 113° 55' East long., about estuary of the Pearl River, ution. which, ahout thirty miles inland, stands the city of Canton,

After more than two centuries of commercial relations between Can- ton and European merchants, Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain in perpetuity by the Treaty of Canton early in 1841. This was con- firmed by the Treaty of Nanking on August 29th, 1642

The Island is about 10 miles longi and from 2 to 3 miles wide. It is little more than an irregulag range of hills rising steeply from the sen highest point, and presents an im- pressive skyline, balanced by the equally rugged mainland on the other side of the Harbour.

to nearly two thousand feet at the

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to 800

of Lazarus. Everyone here knows shopping centre for local shoppers When you are wearied" of sight- soeing and wish to watch the life of their courteous and efficient manh-but the courtesy of the staff places. the Colony at your case, thers is ger, Mr. I. A. Tobias. He will tell you under no obligation when you no better place to make your head- you how long your job will take visit their store. quarters than Gloucester Building.nd he will have it ready to the

GRAY'S YELLOW LANTERN

SHOPS

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and one in Peninsula Hotel.

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mirnite. This is not one of our romantic shops, but none is more, KOHINOOR SILK STORE useful o better managed.

WAI KEE

This silk store is also in China Building and is the last store before yon come to Queen's Theatre. They. Jewellery has an attraction all its well worth a visit if only for the carry many articles of silk and are own and whether there is a trade variety they can put before you. depression or not, there is always They have a large range of Oriental a demand for jewellery. In Hong silks which every Visitor should kong, the firm of Waj Kee is known make it a point to see and they where you are sure to get a square made dresses handkerchiefs and as a reputable and dependable store stock a number of novelties. Ready deal.

ties and silk for men's suits are all Wai Kee's carry a large stock available here and dresses can be of the diamonde, jades, silverware and made ready in twelve hours.

Tourists in Hongkong will no doubt come across these shops a there are four of them, one in the Hongkong Hotel, one in Gloucester Building, ono in Alexandra Building

dinner table cloths, Point D'Venise For hand embroidered lingeria, and Exquisite Linens, pyjamas and hand embroidered linens there is no better place than

WELCOME!

TO THE LARGEST DEPARTMENTA L STORE OF HONGKONG

one

THE SINCERE

ENJOY Chinese Food

AT SINCERE'S

ROOF GARDEN

Special Menu and Service for Tourists One Pair of Ivory coloured

Chop Sticks given away souvenir to every Tourist Patron.

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COMPANY,

CHINA'S "MARSHALL FIELD"

Ltd.

YOU SHOULD VISIT OUR CHINESE ART & CRAFT EXHIBTION

ON FIFTH FLOOR

Specially arranged for the Tourists to obtain the best value in things

Chinese, plus first class service.

If you can't afford to miss Marshall Field and. Wannamaker in your visit to Chicago and New York, you can't afford to miss Sincere's in your visit to China.

大道中五十四號A

DEALER

HONG KONG'S MOST

RELIABLE.

IN JADE, JEWELLERY

DIAMONDS,

PEARLS

CURIOS, GOLD AND

SILVER-WARE, IVORY.

光華公司鑽

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Biggest Stocks-Biggest Dealers

Lowest Prices

54a, Queen's Road, Central

- (Opposite" Queen's Theatre)

Tel. 27684.

Jade

Specialists

We are the biggest dealers in JADE

We buy the rocks and make the finished

articles ourselves, which we sell whole- sale

and

there can be no doubt

retail,

SO

about the genuineness

of our JADE WARE

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Jewellery and Silver Ware

WE ALWAYS SATISFY OUR CUSTOMERS. 44, Queen's Road Central

(Opposite Queen's Theatre)

KWONG WOO

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Established 1841

"Shop at Gray's-You'll find it pays." YES!! We must shop at

Gray's Yellow Lantern Shops,

THE POPULAR SHOPS OF THE FAR EAST Only Oriental Hand-Made Merchandise

Hand Embroidered Underwear, Linens of all kinds, Venetian Point,

Dinner and Banquet Cloths,

BILL GRAY

Grays

Vellow Jantem

Shops

In Hong Kong

Hong Kong Hotel Gloucester

In Shanghai.

Acrad

In Kowloon Peninsula Hotel.

Astor House, Cathay Hotel & Sassoon Acrade.

Oriental Rugs, Hand Wrought Jewellery, Mandarin

Coats, Hand Carved Chests, Etc.

lexandra Build

Exclusive But NOT Expensive

In Manila Manila Hotel,

DOLLY GRAY

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Attention Tourists:

The one trip in Hong Kong that should on no account be missed, is to ascend the steep mountain side, by the Peak Cable Tramway. Starting from St. John's Place and ending at Victoria Gap—a distance of 4690 feet.

Magnificent scenery en route and from the Peak top. -the gorgeous panorama of Hong Kong and harbour lie

far below.

Trams running on

SCENIC ROUTE OF THE PEAK TRAMWAY.

ABSOLUTELY SAFE TRANSPOR

(TRANSPORTAT

daily schedule from 6 a.m. to 12 midnight.

"The only cable railway in the Far East"

SEE HONG KONG FROM THE PEAK