Armstrong's Auction rooms & Victoria Hall [????-????]
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Submitted by Herostratus on Fri, 2016-11-18 14:41
Current condition:
Demolished / No longer exists
Armstrong's Auction rooms and other the Victoria Hall belonging to the late Mr. Dorabjee faced on Queen's Road and the Praya ( now Des Voeux Road and the whole intervening Iength of Pottinger Street. And ye gods, the charges for a room and meals were from $2 a day and up and the menu was lengthy and first class. And en passant, the Hongkong Hotel charges were then not much higher; rooms from $2 and up, breakfast and tiffin 50 cents per meal and dinner ( about 22 courses or more ) 75 cents.
Source: Old Hong Kong by Colonial Vol 1
