New on Gwulo: 2021, week 34

A look at what's new on the Gwulo website...

 

General

 

• Hong Kong Colonial Military Lands account (1900-1940)
  
   
• "Cafe Weismann" vs "Cafe Wiseman"
  
   
• Readers are looking for information about:
  
   
  • The origin of the feral yellow crested cockatoos in central ?
    
     
  • Photos of Richard Chamberlain FAITHFULL, a solicitor in Hong Kong during the years 1912-1917
    
     
  • Contact details for Merrilyn STEWART, daughter of William Alfred STEWART

 

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Places

 

• Hong Kong
  
   
  • Luk Hoi Tung Hotel [????-????], one of the hotels / brothels where internees were kept before they were sent in to Stanley Camp
    
     
  • Naval Boundary Stone #38 at the Peak
    
     
  • War Department stone marker near Aberdeen Reservoir [????- ]
    
     
• Kowloon
  
   
  • Belvue [c.1885-????] - does anyone know the location of this building?
    
     
  • 1869 Business Announcement - Chong-Sha-Wan Picnic House
    
     
  • Clock Tower of KCR Terminus [????- ] - the clock first started working 100 years ago this year
    
     
  • Far East Farm Camp [1949-????]
    
     
  • Kowloon rifle ranges [c.1910-????]
    
     
  • Temporary Government Buildings at Tai Po [1899-1908]
    
     
  • United Mansion [1958- ]
    
     
  • Wylie Court (1st generation) [c.1963-c.1983]
    
     
• New Territories
  
   
  • Kwong Fuk Estate [1983- ], and lots of photos of its construction
    
     
  • Tang Ancestral Hall [c.1300- ]

 

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People

 

• Stanley Camp internees
  
   
  • Cecil BECK [1928- ], Doris BECK [1936-2018]
    
     
  • Winifred Barbara DEANE (née MAUGHAN, aka Winnie) [1919-1998]
    
     
  • Raymond Harper HUGHES [1917-2005]
    
     
  • Ann Selkirk MUIR (née LINDSAY) [1916-1973], VAD
    
     
  • Laurentz Reuben NIELSON (aka Laurie) [1901-1957]
    
     
  • John Edmund RICHARDSON (aka Dicky) [1904-1989]
    
     
• Other
  
   
  • Montague BEART [1857-1919], President of Hongkong Corinthian Sailing Club 1890-1891
    
     
  • Hugh Gordon MUIR [1910-1941], HKVDC, husband of Ann Selkirk Muir mentioned above
    
     
  • Thomas Francis O'SULLIVAN [1896-c.1930]
    
     
  • The Reed family in Hong Kong, including:
    
    Robert REED [1834-1873]
    • Amaro John REED [1865-1936]
      • Robert Cyril REED [1903-1969]
      • Wilfred Alexander REED (aka Willie) [1906-1971]

 

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