# Catalog Note
This 1927 issue of a Hong Kong-based English-language publication contains mixed editorial and commercial content reflecting the period's colonial trading hub. The magazine includes several news briefs: a report on Krishnamurti, the theosophical movement's proclaimed "World Teacher," describing his sixth International Congress in Ommen, Holland, attended by three thousand disciples, his teaching methods combining Christian, Buddhist, and Islamic principles, and his unconventional lifestyle including tennis and Rolls-Royce driving; coverage of the collapse of Shanghai's Tong Kai Waa market in the native city, killing over one hundred persons with roughly five hundred injured, attributed to faulty foundations on formerly-filled land; a diplomatic dispatch regarding a secret Sino-Soviet alliance treaty between Outer Mongolia and Soviet Russia; and a feature on missionary activity titled "Trekking in Central China," recounting the four-month journey of Father Terence Connelly and Brother Lambert Budde through famine-devastated Kweichow province following anti-foreign disturbances. Supporting material includes travel schedules for the Kowloon-Canton Railway and steamer services, advertisements, and local event listings.
About this artifact
- Date
- August 16, 1927
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by comicbooks.com.
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