The Archive · 1908

A Motor Accident

About 6.20 p.m. on Monday & colli~ sion occurred on the Garden Bridge between a Hongkew tram and Dr. von yas travelling: The motor car, which was in charge of a native ffeur, eweryed across the path of the tram, and was considerably dai The tram escaped unscathed, "ROLEO

"Kaleo" Hotel, which originally occupied only the centre and top floors of the large block of baudings to which it gives ite name, is rapidly absorbing the rest of the building. A comparatively short time after the new premises were opened, the whole of the West front save the two ground-floor offices was taken into the hotel and now Movement is spreading in the opposite direction. Three large rooms, having a private entrance in Kiukiang Road, have recently been taken oter, and it is intended to convert them into private dining rooms in which dinners and tities can be given by foreign or Chinese hosts, The main Kaleo dining room has recently been enlarged, for the second time, by extending it outwards beyond the old verandah, and anew lounge is about to be built on the other side of the porch. Messrs. Tarrant and Morriss are the architects for these improvements, A new manager has recently come out in the person of Mr. Mildner and he is now

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