New Residential Section in Western Distrnet Shanghai's latest sub-division. Palm Court, located on. the south side of "Amherst Avenue, between Columbia Circle and Plum Well Villas, has been thrown open to the public for residential purposes. Combining as it does the advantages of healthful open country and proximity to excl sive residential districts with the convenience of ensy access from all parts of Shanghai, this site should apcal to the prospective Iand-owner, The fact that bus service has been extended to Amherst Avenue shows that the residential contre of the town Pian showing the location of the Palm Court "Estate, moving in this direction, as shrewd Investors will note when considering the very reasonable price of land in this sub-division, An exceptionally wide road, 57 feet across, bordered with trees, will tun through this section. At the Amber Avenue entrance shrubs, flower beds and rock gardens have been laid out. lo show prospective purchasers what may be done with these plots and in the central square lawns have been laid out and a temporary office erect so. All roads have been sullably The holdings have been so arranged fag to meet varied tastes and the plots range in size from slightly under a mow {0 some nearly two mow in extent. The larger lots, roughly speaking 8% by 140 fect, will take a comfortable house with plenty of room fon a tennis court, and even, the smaller ones have plenty of room for an altraetive garden and reason able privacy.
Should larger areas be required, the lots are so arranged that they could bbe combined to form a well shaped large lot, The prices differ according to posltion and area, the smallest els costing about $12,600 and other larger ones rising as high as $25,000, Tt 1s estimated that it should be possible 10 buy one of the smaller lois and put up a five-roomed house for around. $25,000, which is $10,000 less than has usually been considered the All lois have been carefully located with reference to the small private roads running through the estate and all are easy of access. Architectst plang have been made of four different types of houses appropriate for erection on these "ets, the modern, Spanish, Old English and. Georgian and these may be seen in the office, Drains are laid and water piping completely laid but the water works
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.