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KOWLOON DAILY SUPPLEMENT

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Kowloon Supplement ON THE SHATIN ROAD

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HONG KONG, JUNE 8, 1933.

THE OPEN AIR

RESIDENTIAL AREA OF THE FUTURE

There has been such a lot said about the drive round the island of Hong Kong that I, an insignificant Kowloonite, am beginning to get tired of hearing the same tale day in and day out so I am going to do some propaganda work for the Mainland. It would be impossible!

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the small side but scenery, this place is as good as Deep Water Bay and certainly better than the course in Happy Valley.

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Tolo Harbour,

Th these hot days, when every body is irritable and flustered and even tactless persong never think of asking their Taipans for a rise, the best thing we can do is to get out into the open air. The majority of office worker's leave their desks at Äve o'clock and return to their home's on the Mainland, but not all of them take the fullest advantage of the cool of evening. Some, it is true, go down to the tennis courts

Here we saw some children play- or to the beach, but not everyone

ing on the beach as we stopped and is in a position to emulate them.

had a short chat with them. We The unkind fact is that the open-air

There was another car just in learnt that the little stone bunga pleasures of this Colony are denied front of us but the occupants could low on the hillside belonged to Mr. to those who do not possess motor-

not resist stopping at the reservoir | A. el Arculli, the well-known local cars, and they are legion, for motor-so we let the old bus go and went solicitor while the two houses were along the steep winding road 'as | owned by a Chinese gentleman, Mr. cars are luxuries which are beyond fast as we could safely do so. I Chan. The latter is a comparative. the reach of many young men and was rather surprised to see two or ly new Shatin resident, but we three monkeys on the roadside but learnt that Mr. Arculli is one of the women earning just sufficient to

Mr. and Mrs. Jacko and family did pioneers. In the old days the only keep themselves in moderate com-

not seem to be in the least perturb bungalow that was used as a per- and not merely as a week-end house, belonged to the late Mr. C. H. Lyron, who was, incidentally an- other solicitor.

The railway station is of no out- to cover the whole of Kowloon inside interest-it is on the small side one article as I shall only go as far even for a "suburban station" and looks more like a villager's cottage 4s to Shatin this time, Sundays ago and as we did not start

A party of us went out a few than anything else. We went on for some couple of miles when we saw till about 6 o'clock in the evening some really pleasant looking build- when the sun was beginning its wayings-a little stone bungalow with two small gardens up the hill side o'er the hills, the trip was thoroughly enjoyable one from every are two large-sized houses on a point of view, True, traffic was piece of reclaimed land, fronting rather congested so long as we were Toto Harbour in the "city districts" but as we began on the open road, it was nothing short of gorgeous.

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fort, yet without a car one does noted by our presence. I learnt latermanent residence in that district

get very far either topographically that these monkeys live in the hills and sometimes as many as fifteen or socially. It seems absurd to

to twenty of them-may be seen com- think that human happiness shoulding on to the rond to look for food. depend on an expensive contrap-

Soon we began to go down bill tion of cylinders and exhaust pipes, and before "very many minutes I

NATHAN vet that is the mood of the century found myself driving through a very

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pleasant avenue with tall trees on both sides. On the left of the avenue was a quaint little cottage and in the yard 1 saw a number of people seated round a table having their evening meal. These Chinese peasants are very simple and they believe in doing everything early eat early, sleep early and work early. Most of the land in this vicinity was devoted to the cultiva tion of rice and the paddy fields made a very pleasant picture. There were some buffaloes on the fields, and also a number of fowls and ducks, not forgetting Mr. Pig.

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Healthy Shatin,

So far as the "health part" of living in Shatin is concerned, I was told that it is a very agreeable spot to settle down in. There is prac tically no malaria although it is generally thought that mosquitoes thrive in undeveloped country. And zegarding the question of water, it may be interesting to know that the residents have their private reger- voirs, so that alone is a distinct. advantage in these days of restrict: ed water supply.

People who, a century ago, would not have dreamed of owning a trap, a broughhm or a four-in-hand, now. adays think it necessary to have a high-powered car and, if they can afford to do so, no doubt they are right. The ownership of a car gives one a great many privileges which are denied to the pedestrian; one's credit, at least, is never auspected. Yet there must be hundreds of for- eigners in this Colony who cannot afford to support either Sir Herbert As we came to the railway cross-place. It is only about half-an-hour Austin or Sir William Morris, muching, I spotted cottages here and from Kowloon by motor while the there-and also the Japanese Golf train. takes even less-twenty-one as they would like to Bid British Club, The linke are somewhat on minutes or thereabouts.

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JOHN LO & CO. HIGH GLASS SHON-MAKERS £92, Nathan Road, KOWLOON, Latest design, best workmanship at very reasonable prices,

are more their mark. Thus, if they wish to spend the week-end in the country or at Castle' Peak, they must hire a car at a prohibitive price or else make a back-breaking journey by bus. At Home the non- affluent public is provided with special facilities, such as Hampstead)| Heath or Lansbury's Lade, but in Hong Kong, where the people " are not supposed to exist, everyone

must fend for himself. "One cannot help thinking that this very lack

WORKING AFTER REGULATION HOURS

FACTORY MANAGER FINED AT KOWLOON MAGISTRACY.

At Kowloon Magistracy yester day, the manager of the Man Kwok Weaving Mill at No. 1 Tai Street was summoned for allowing women to work on the premises between the hours of 8 ̈p.m. and. 7-a.m. os May 30.

tance telephone service, Shatin has With the advent of the long-dis-

been made even more desirable a

JOHN BUCHAN INSTALLED

LORD HIGH COMMISSIONER OF SCOTTISH CHURCH

London, May 24. With time-honoured ceremonial, Mr. John Buchan, the eminent historian and novelist, entered his residence, Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh to-day for his term of office as Lord High Commissioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

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The levee held to-day was attend-

ed by bigh Scottish nobles; Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Lord President of the Council; and, other notables.

The Rev. Dr. Lachlan MacLean 'Watt, of the Glasgow Cathedral, wne elected Moderator for the en- suing year.

Mr. W. Elliot of the S.C.A. of enjoyment for those with mode- alleged that when he called at the rate, incomes, is an excellent opfactory at 9.30 p.m, on the day in portunity for enterprising capitalist question, he found over 20 women to make money. Where a desire at work. He did not think, they exists it can always be exploited were put there on a night shift, At the customary service at St. Thus, in order to serve those who do but that they were working after Giles Cathedral, the new Commnis not possess cars, a Kowloon garage regulation hours.

sioner, in the course of an address, recently organised a special service Defendant. admitted that there read a message from the King at of cars to Castle Peak. It was an were women working at the time muring the Assembly of his deter excellent idea, the only drawbackalleged, but explained that the mamination to maintain, at all times, being that it was necessary for chine on the ground floor had the Presbyterian Church govern those who made the journey to form already stopped when Mr. Elliott ment in Scotland.

party if they wished to enjoy the arrived, it being only a matter of special rates that were offered for carelessness that work was being the trip. Not everybody can get four done after 9 p.m.

A fine of $50 was imposed. or five people to join him at a moment's notice, and not everyone likes to mix with a crowd of strangers. Yet the idea was a good car for the day, have lunch or tea httle doubt that it would pay any one and pussibly it could be ex- and also the use of a matched at one to organize such a service. The tended in other directions. For in Castle Peak.At present if one profit per party would not be large, stance, some of our enterprising wishes to bathe on the Mainland yet if a sufficient number of people shipping companies might organise one has to rely on the hospitality took advantage of the service it launch picnic service to various of friends, a situation which has its would undoubtedly pay. There are parts of the New Territories and disadvantages. A large number of various ways in which the enjoyment provide lunches and teas for the people would be only too willing of the public could be increased by Passengers. Again, for a round sum, it should be possible to hire to pay ten dollars for the hire of profitable catering, and it is sur a car if that mum included meals prising that so few have attempted (Continued at lost of next Column) and bathing facilities, and we have to undertake it..

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NOTICE.

Our Patrons are hereby notified that from the 1st day will revert to of May, 1928 the fares for taxicab hire the old tariff-le, 40 centa Färst mile and ten conta for each subsequent Quarter mile.

In Addition the Company, wil run small taxicabs from New Ferry Pier Stand at Järdan Road, Kowloon; the tariff to be 40 conte First mile and a cents per quarter mile for subsequent mileage.

Also public cars for

Day and Night:

at 82.40 per hour.

Waiting time at half charge

För large and small cabs or public cars Ring 57417 and $7714 and car will be sent immediately from neprest stand."

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