HMS Tamar, gave her name to the establishment at Admiralty located on prime commercial land - much to the annoyance of the fledgling colonial government. The Royal Naval Canteen quarters seen here were erected in 1925.
According to Huge Farmer, The China Sugar Refinery Company started life in 1874, as Wahee, Smith & Co (or possibly without a comma). Several partners of Wahee, Smith went bankrupt leading to the sale of the refinery to Jardine, Matheson & Company.…
The construction works for the 3rd Generation Central Market started in 1889 and was completed in 1895. The building was consisted of two 2-storeys blocks with a central avenue in between. The walls of the building were red brick with granite stone…