1906-3-17 horse carriage hk

Thu, 08/31/2023 - 10:23

This is a newspaper advertisement by a horse carriage company 酒樓行公慶堂 in 1906.
After government relocated the brothels from Possession Point 水坑口 to Shek Tong Tsui 石塘嘴 in the western district, this company offered transportation service for the brothel workers between  restaurants at Possession Point and Shek Tong Tsui. The service operated between 6 pm and 2 am. They charged the customers as follows:

1  restaurant table : 80 cents

2  restaurant tables: 1 dollar 20 cents

1 table with less than 5 customers : 50 cents

The company had 7 carriages.

One of the stops was Apricot Flower Restaurant 杏花樓

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Date picture taken
1906
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