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ALL NECESSARY STEPS

A history of the HKSPC

The weather is fine on the 49th floor.

Come chat and share your finds with other Gwulo folks

These are good dates at the moment: Thurs 18,

( or Mon 22, Mon 29, Tues 30 )

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Annelise

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One of the joys of life has been going to the National Archives in Kew and lugging a large CO 129 box back to ones desk. Opened up, the great tome of correspondence between Hong Kong and the Colonial Office in London is a treasure trove. Of course, there's the pages one's looking for - but there's always the unexpected, too. Is that a map folded up there? What's that about? Oh! an early underpass sceme! What's this letter? Wow! correspondence from Florence Nightingale!

Following on from the recent discussions about Haw Par Mansion and Tiger Balm Gardens and the mystery pavilions (Gwulo.com/node/52422), I purchased the Tiger Balm Gardens book from the Haw Par Music bookshop inside the mansion (it is currently available at $250 if you are interested to buy).

The book mentions in passing the Hong Kong factory that produced Tiger Balm and includes an illustration (see below) of the factory building but makes no mention of its location. Does anyone know where it was located? 

Does anyone have evidence whether named charitable donations reported in the press were a guarantee that the donor was actually in Hong Kong at the date of giving? I gather that named floral tributes for funerals were no guarantee that the sender was actually in the colony at the time of the funeral. Perhaps a charitable donation attributed to a particular person was not a guarantee of their presence in the colony.

Wondering about an abandoned house on Cornwall Street. I haven't been able to dig up anything about this house, why it's abandoned in such an affluent area - could someone who is more knowledgeable fill me in? Thanks.

https://www.google.com/maps/@22.340073,114.176433,3a,72.5y,178.44h,94.9…

Six years ago I asked for help to trace the final voyage to Sydney of my grandmother Hannah Mabel Warren. Tony Banham hadn’t been able to find her on any of the evacuation ships and I have since assumed that she went at her own expense, unless she went via Manila, of which the manifests hadn’t been published. The frequent amazing detective work of annpake and just now eurasian­_david’s on the Rollitts’ voyage to Sydney gives me courage to ask again - and hope.

There is an interesting story about manhole covers (also called inspection covers) of Hong Kong, published at the free Chinese tabloid AM730 on last Wednesday, 27 October 2021. I’m amazed to know that they are still MADE IN HONG KONG.

We discovered a Ribbon Trail leading from Victoria Road at the end of Kennedy Town through the Kung Man Village Resettlement Village

all the way on a ridge to the Jockey Club Mr. Davis Youth Hostel. The recent Typhoon turned it into a machete wielding exercise but the path 

is pretty clear now to use. Approaching the Hostel we came across 2 dilapidated structures in the jungle. They appear to be some kind of water

installation with their well like appearance. 

Does anyone know what they were or when they were built/used?