Oxford & Company
see Vaudine’s book Arnhold Related Indhhk articles: Arnhold, Karberg & Company – founded in Hong Kong, 1866
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The demise of Hong Kong antique dealers
xxxx Enid Tsui http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2127782/chinese-dealers-who-made-hong-kong-antiques-trade
» Read moreBAAG Naval Section Intelligence Summary, WIS 25, ship repair, maintenance and movements
Elizabeth Ride has sent the Naval section of a British Army Aid Group (BAAG) Waichow Intelligence Summary (WIS 25) dated 23rd March 1943. This covers shipping movements in and out of Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation in World War Two during late January to late March 1943, a longer period than is usual in this type of report. There […]
» Read moreArnhold Trading Company
“A strange time to embark on a new venture, but the Arnhold brothers had a habit of testing the limits. At the end of 1935, they founded a new company called Arnhold Trading & Company Ltd. In fact the business it was to conduct was anything but new. This was a return to historical strengths in the logistics of exporting […]
» Read moreThe Indhhk Group Newsletter September 2018
Dear Subscriber I must apologize for the delay in sending out this Newsletter which has been considerably longer than the two months promised on the site’s Home Page. We currently have over 1,450 articles posted on our website. Stephen Davies suggested a while back that he thought the site was sufficiently large and, though I hesitate to use the words, […]
» Read morePao Hsing Cotton Mill
York Lo: Pao Hsing Cotton Mill(寶星紡織廠) who contributed this??? 7 story Pao Hsing Mill – the largest cotton mill in Kwai Chung in 1961 (HKU Libraries) While Pao Hsing Cotton Mill might not have been one of the largest and best-known cotton mills in HK, it was a notable firm in the history of HK cotton spinners for several reasons […]
» Read more1939 Report on Labour and Labour Conditions in Hong Kong
Tymon Mellor has sent the following report published on 11th April 1939 on Labour and Labour Conditions in Hong Kong. The author was Mr HR Butters. Sessional Papers 1939, Papers laid before the Legislative Council of Hongkong 1939. HF: The Hong Kong Memory Project introduces this report with the following: – The 65-page report was prepared by the first Labour Officer in […]
» Read moreWilliam Seybourne Bailey co-founder of Bailey’s Shipyard
Hugh Farmer with thanks to IDJ: Some initial notes on William Seybourne Bailey founder with EO Murphy of WS Bailey & Co, Bailey’s Shipyard, Hong Kong. Thanks to Robyn Evans, WS Bailey’s granddaughter for birth and death details. Robyn adds the information on his gravestone is incorrect. born Dublin 15th April 1859 died War Memorial Hospital Hong Kong 27th December […]
» Read morePortland Flouring Mills – Rennie’s employer
Our article, Alfred Herbert Rennie – biography, the Hongkong Milling Company and his suicide, includes the following information: The troubled career of Alfred Hebert Rennie is remembered in a former coastal village at JUnk Bay (now Tseung Kwan O) in Kowloon, where he opened a flour mill in early 1907. Scion of a well known Ontario family, Rennie was educated […]
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