New on Gwulo: 2022, week 13

A look at the latest additions to Gwulo...
 

General
 

• Klaus has searched the government records to compile this list of Regulations of Public Vehicles and Chairs in Hong Kong 1863-1941, illustrated with photos of Sedan Chairs and Rickshaws from those years.
   
• Back in 2009 I asked if anyone could explain the mystery tunnel in Hong Kong Cemetery. Thirteen years later, we have an answer!
   
• A 1938 film shows the anti-aircraft guns at Sai Wan Hill Battery in action
   
• Moving a 27-ton gun barrel: 1900s vs 2020s
   
• Readers are looking for any information about:
   
  • Where are the horses in old Hong Kong photos?
     
  • Has anyone seen floor plans of the first City Hall building?
     
  • Who was the "Anderson" or "Iverson" who carved their name on this boundary stone?
     
• Readers' memories of:
   
  • Conder's Bar
     
• Upgrade update: I'm still working on the image pages, as some of the features needed more work than expected.

   

Places
 

Hong Kong island
 

• Bisnee Villa [????-????], on the hillside below Queen Mary Hospital
   
• Braeside - 20 MacDonnell Road [????-????]
   
• 44 Conduit Road [????- ]
   
• Go Wah Mansion, Wanchai [1964- ]
   
• Wyndham Street Sedan Chair Stand [1863-????]
   
• Wartime relics
   
  • Mt Collinson Japanese Tunnels (1/3 way up) [????- ]
     
  • Mt Collinson Japanese Tunnels (near summit) [????- ]
     
  • Military construction on northern slope of Pottinger Peak [????- ]
     

People
 

• Stanley Camp internees:
   
  • Mary Constance FAIRBURN (née BONNELL) [1900-1996], Canadian nurse
     
  • Charles Beatty Allenby Haig THIRLWELL [1918-1985], lighthouse keeper
     
  • More repatriation notices from 1945:
    • #14 (HM Escort Carrier Slinger)
    • #15 (for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and USA)
    • #16
    • #17 (HMS Arbiter sailing to Australia)
       

Photos
 

See more photos of the SS Chusan.

Click to see all recently added photos.