Procyon (AF 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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HONG KONG, B.c.c. On The morning of 2 OcTober, PROCYON sTeomed slowly oround The eosTern side of Hong Kong lslond ond inTo Hong Kong Horbor. The new whiTe buildings of Vicforio CiTy climbing shorply up VicTorio Peok, The mony iunks ond sompons slowly cuTTing Their woy Through The muddy green wc1Ter, ond The ciTy oT Kowloon off our sTorboord bow spreoding slowly inTo The New TerriTories of The mounToinous Chinese Moinlond seT The sToge Tor eighT doys of hecTic resT ond relc1xoTion Tor The officers ond men oT The ship. Two poydoys, H70 liberTies, ond 2500 Wollo-Wollo booT rides poved The woy Tor mony o posTime: suiT fiTTings oT The besT Toilorp o Guymer's.Cider oT on English Pubg shopping in Kowloon or oT The Chino FleeT Clubp ci quieT Trip up VicTorio Peok To tgoze down QT The moiesfic horbor nesTled beTween The moin- lond ond The islondp o Tour Through The New TerriTories wiTh sTops GT The Bomboo CurToin or Kom Tin wolled villogep odmiring Tiger Bolm Gordens or sTrolling olong COT STreeT where you could purchose clT reduced prices The iTems which were sTolen from you ond your shipmoTes The previous nighTg ond Tinolly, moybe ci sTeclk QT The Diomond Horeshoe followed by on evening oT Suzie Wong's, Moxim's, or The WolTzing MoTildo Tovern. Our eighT doy sToy sow mony o good Time wiTh soilors of boTh The AusTrolion ond BriTish Novies. Hoving cz grog oboord The Aussie corrier or inviTing The olzficers of The R.F.A. FORT DUQUESNE over Tor sTeok ond Tries proved To be os populor os The swopping of whiTe-hoTs Tor ci Royol Novy or Aussie TloT hoT. DeporTure on TO OcTober sow us broke, hoppy, ond c1nTicipoTing our reTu'rn in The TuTure. DesTinoTion Subic.

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Victoria City, on Hong Kong Island, is the Colony's center of business and administration with a pop- ulation of 3,750,000. Above is the Western District of Victoria City and across the harbor is Kowloon Penin- sula which, with New Kowloon, has a population of 2,000,000. The rural New Territories lie beyond the distant hills. ,,, .,,,W W f ' 'M my www, ,ff 24 I -3WHm,,i,,'A'3Wh w-sung:-gn, V .,f,M A ,aus ,,.,.,.,--..,,,,, ,WC f W ,,., -Q PROCYON IS SWINGING ON BUOY JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF PICTURE