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G Falconer & Company, Watchmakers & Jewellers – HK agent for Ross Optical Ltd, Clapham, London and Kelvin & Hughes, marine instruments, London

Articles, General, Hong Kong Companies
G Falconer Advert The China Mail 24th November 1928

HF: G Falconer appear to have had a presence in Hong Kong since 1885, according to the company website, and currently have a shop in the Peninsula Hotel. This article provides initial information about the Falconer and two British companies it was the Hong Kong agent for.   As the above says: G Falconer & Company (Hong Kong Limited, Watchmakers, […]

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New Blue Funnel vessels near completion in Hong Kong at Taikoo Dockyard, 1938

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Glenorchy Built At Taikoo Dockyard From IDJ

IDJ has sent the following newspaper article and images of the ships mentioned in it. HF I have retyped the article to aid clarity and searches. Thanks to SCT for proofreading the retyped article. Hongkong’s ship-building peak is rapidly drawing nearer as two ships for the Blue Funnel Line attain completion at Taikoo Dockyard. The frames of both vessels stand […]

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Campaign to eliminate unlicenced rickshaws in Hong Kong, newspaper article, April 1947

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Rickshaws On A Hong Kong Street In The 1940s Source Pinterest

IDJ has sent this article about a campaign by HK Traffic police to eliminate unlicensed rickshaws in 1947. This adds to our small collection of posted articles on the subjects of rickshaws and tricycles in Hong Kong. Source: The China Mail 4th April 1947. This article was first posted on 26th November 2020. Related Indhhk articles: The Hong Kong Rickshaw […]

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Construction of new filtration plant, Stubbs Road, Hong Kong Island, 1949

Articles, Industrial Districts + Locations, Utilities
Construction Of Stubbs Road Filtration Plant Detail B, HK Sunday Herald 31 July 1949 From IDJ

IDJ has kindly sent the following article extracted from the Hong Kong Sunday Herald of 31st July 1949. This adds a new aspect to the history of water supply in Hong Kong on the website which has been to date mainly articles about reservoirs, see below. Thanks to SCT for proofreading the retyped article. Modern Filter Beds Under Construction Modern […]

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Arthur Rylands Lowe – HK’s first accountant, clients included several industrial companies

Articles, General, Hong Kong Companies, People
Arthur Rylands Lowe Image Wikipedia

Arthur Rylands Lowe (22 June 1873 – 31 May 1924) was a British accountant and the first full-time professional accountant in Hong Kong. Lowe was born on 22 June 1873 in Manchester. He was educated at the Hulme Grammar School and later joined Parkinson, Mather & Co., chartered accountants of Manchester and London. He moved to Hong Kong to join Butterfield […]

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Lammert & Company – watchmakers, auctioneers and an 1858 murder

Articles, General, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing, People
Lammert Bros Dteail Advert For SS Chekiang HK Telegraph 17.8.1923

“Lammert the auctioneers have a long history in Hong Kong. Their first association in Hong Kong was with the watchmaking trade. The transition form the watch to the auction hammer occurred as follows. One of the assistants in the watchmaking shop of Charles Weiss in 1852 was M Zobel. He is listed as a watchmaker from 1853 to 1855. In […]

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The Macau Aerial Transport Company – first commercial airline company to be established in Hong Kong or Macau

Articles, Non-Hong Kong Companies, Transport
Macau Aerial Transport Company Aeromarine Float Plane At Repulse Bay Photo Cliff Dunnaway, Chic Eather

“… Macau Aerial Transport (MAT) was the first commercial airline company to be established in Macau or Hong Kong. [Founded by Charles de Ricou he] found it wise to set up MAT as a British company but public opinion in Macau was generally against having yet another ‘foreign’ enterprise in their midst. The Government of Macau, however, sensing the obvious […]

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