2095
In 1847 the Hongkong Dispensary had established itself in Queen's Road, under the management of Dr. James Hume Young, M.D. He had as assistants Messrs. Jezuino da Roza, Florencio de Souza, and Alberto Botelho. There were three other dispensaries by that time, these being the Victoria Dispensary, in Fottinger Street, the Medical Hall in Queen's Road, and Messrs. Stocker and Co.'s dispensary in Queen's Road.
In 1860, when Mr. A.S. Watson was manager of the Hongkong Dispensary, he had as dispensers Messrs. Henry Dickson and Edward Carpenter. The Medical Hall was still a rival establishment, and a Queen's Road Dispensary had also come into being, while another chemist's shop was run by Mr. Roberto Duarte Silva in Old Bailey Street.
It is interesting to note, in connexion with the later development of Watson's into the Colony's largest aerated water manufacturers, that in the late Fifties and early Sixties there were four separate soda water makers in Hongkong, the largest firm then being apparently the Hongkong Soda Water Company, of Stanley Street; other manufacturers of the period being Messrs. C.J. and V.E. Braga, in Queen's Road, P.P. do Rozario in Peel Street and George Wilkins in Stanley Street, on the corner of Queen's Road. The last-named, the chronicles inform us, also ran a billiard room on the premises, so we may assume that billiards and plain soda water actually went together seventy years ago!
In regard to Messrs. A.W. Watson & Co., that firm's dispensary stood, when I first arrived here in 1888 and for years after, at the corner of Queen's Road Central, and D'Aguilar Street, which then separated it from the old Hongkong Club: the mineral water factory of Watson's being then in Stanley Street. Talking of the old Hongkong Club, there is a very interesting engraving of that Club, made in 1846, which hangs in the Secretary's Office of the present Club.
2095
In 1847 the Hongkong Dispensary hed established itself in Queen's Road, under the management of Dr. James Hume Young,M.D. He had as assistants Messrs. Jezuino da Roze, Florencio de Souza, and Alberto Botelho. There were three other dispensaries by that time, these being the Victoria Dispensary, in Fottinger Street, the Medical Hall in Queen's Road, end Messrs. Stocker and Co.'s dispensary in Queen's Road.
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In 1860, when Mr. A.S.Watson was manager of the Hongkong Dispensary, he had as dispensers Messrs. Henry Dickson and Edward Carpenter. The Medical Hall wes still a rival establish- ment, and a Queen's Road Dispensary had also come into being, while another chemist's shop was run by Mr. Roberto Duarte Silva in Old Belley Street.
It is interesting to note, in connexion with the later development of Watson's into the Colony's largest aerated water manufacturers, that in the late Fifties and early Sixties there were four separate soda water makers in Hongkong, the largest firm then being apparently the Hongkong Soda Water Company, of Stanley Street; other manufacturers of the period being Messrs. C.J. and V.E. Braga, in Queen's Road, P.P. do Rozario in Peel Street end George Wilkins in Stanley Street, on the comer of Queen's Road. The last-nemed, the chronicles inform us, also ren a billiard room on the premises, so we may assume that billiards and plain soda water actually went together seventy years ago!
"In regard to Messrs. A.W. Watson & Co., thet firm's dispen-. sary stood, when I first arrived here in 1888 and for
e years after, at the corner of Queen's Road Central, and D'Aguilar Street, which then seperated it from the old Hongkong Club: the mineral water factory of Watson's being then in Stanley Street. Talking of the old Hongkong Club, there is a very interesting engraving of that Club, nade in 1846, which hangs in the Secretary's Office of the present Club.
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