THE CALENDAR FOR 1931
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
XVII
BAROMETER, 1930, at SEA LEVEL
SUNRISE
1st 15th
...
...
6h. 15m.
SUNSET 6h. 12m.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1929
1930
6h. 19m.
5h. 59m.
•••
...
MOON'S PHASES
Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Mean
...
80.6
81.7
·r
...
73.2
73.1
...
...
76.5
76.8
d.
h.
m.
Last Quarter
New Moon
5
4
15
A.M.
Mean
...
...
...
30.01 inches
11
9
6
P.M.
...
First Quarter...
Full Moon
18
5
20
P.M.
RAINFALL
26
9
34 P.M.
...
DAYS OF Days of
WERK
MONTH
8 & 9 MOONS
Thurs.
1
20
20
225
22
Fri. Satur.
98
21
Bun.
23
Mon.
5
24
Tues.
25
Wed. Thurs.
78
25
26
27
88828
Fri.
9
Satur.
10
29
Sun.
11
1
Mon.
12
Tues.
13
Wed.
14
Thurs.
15
Fri.
16
453
7
∞∞
Satur.
17
Sun.
18
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
21
Thurs.
- -- 272
19
20
10
11
12
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
R=2
* ** 2N
23
13
24
14
25
15
26
16
27
17
==
Wed.
28
18
Thurs.
29
19
Fri.
30
Satur.
31
21
20
20
1929 0.140 inch
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKASLE EVENTS
1930 0.410 inch
The Hongkong Daily Press started, 1857. Inauguration of Hongkong College of Medicine, 1887. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892. Gold Standard adopted in Japan, 1897. British Section, Canton-Kowloon Railway opened, 1910. Arrival in Hongkong of H.E. Sir R. E. Stubbs to assume the Governorship, 1919. Rendition of Wei-Hai Wei, 1930. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884. Piracy of s.s. Ningshin near Wenchow, 1924, Serious riot at Hongkong, 1884. Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bangkok, 1893. Withdrawal of British steamers from West River, 1900. Chinese National Assembly inaugurated, 1910. Hongkong Govt. Radio Service opened, 1928. 18TH AFTER TRINITY. Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884. Terrible fire at Amoy, 1902. Typhoon at Hongkong, 1894. Canton-Kowloon Railway opened for through traffic, 1911. Foundation-stone of new wing to the Tung Wah Hospitai, Hongkong, laid by H.E. The Governor, 1920. Searchlight Tattoo, Hongkong, 1928. French expedition left Chefoo for Corea, 1866. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir
William Des Vœux, 1887. Marshal Tsao Kun elected President of China, 1923, Hongkong Government agreed to lend the Viceroy of Wuchang £1,100,000 to repurchase from an American syndicate the Canton-Hankow railway concession, 1905. H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peping, but not received by the Emperor, 1869. Chinese Court left Kaifengfu on its way to Peiping, 1901.
"Ironsides" take Kweilin, 1929.
Supplementary Treaty signed at The Hague, 1848. French landing party at Tamsui repulsed, 1884. Battle of Shaho, Russo-Japanese War, commenced. Ended 25th in disastrous defeats of Russians, 1904. Opening concert of Hongkong Government broadcasting, 1929.
Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1841.
Lord Napier died at Macao, 1834. Wreck off the Pescadores of the P. & O. str. “Bokhara,”
1892. Yuan Shih Kai inaugurated President of the Chinese Republic, 1913.
19T11 AFTER TRINITY. The first Chinese merchant str. ("Meifoo") left Hongkong for Lon- don with passengers to establish a Chinese firm there, 1881. Outbreak of revolution in China at Wuchang, 1911.
Revolt in the Philippines, 1872. Carvalho Yeo, a clerk in the H.K. Treasury, committed
for trial on charges of defrauding the Government of over $260,000, 1928. Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First ṛailway in Japan officially opened by the
Mikado, 1872. Allies capture Paotingfu, 1900.
Amendment to Women and Girls Ordinance, Hongkong, 1929.
£265,00 of Boxer Indeminty granted to Hongkong University, 1930.-
Khanghoa, in Corea, taken by the French, 1866. Train disaster between Harbin and Tsit-
sihar, resulting in many deaths, 1916. Sun Yat Sen's troops fight Mercliants Volunteer Corps in Canton, 1924. Nationalist envoys murdered at Chefoo, 1928.
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British str.
"Greyhound," 1885.
20T11 AFTER TRINITY.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861. Japanese Government
welcomed American Battleship Fleet, 1908. Priacy of the s.s. "Irene," 1927. Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous damage to property, 1882.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1869.
58 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships “Columbine” and Fury," 1849. Hongkong Legislative Council voted $100,000 to the Prince of Wales' National Relief Fund, 1914. Arms and ammunition consigned to India by Germans discovered at Shanghai, 1915.
King Chulalongkorn of Siam died, 1910. Gen. Feng Yu Hsiang deserts Wu Pei-fu, takes
possession of Peiping, 1924. Chiang Kai Shek became a Christian, 1930.
Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.
21ST AFTER TRINITY. Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844.
Kahding recaptured by the Allies, 1862. Chin-lien-cheng taken by the Japanese, 1894.
Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Attempted insurrection at Canton, 1895. Prince Adalbert of Prussia visited Hongkong, 1904. Massacre of four American Missionaries and a child at Linechow, 1905. Prince Ito assassinated at Har-
bin, 1909. Hon. Mr W. D. Barnes, Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, died suddenly whilst playing polo, 1911. Bomb thrown in Canton, killed 37 people, 1914. Note presented from the Powers to China advising the suspension of the monarchical
movement, 1915. Miss Maude Royden arrived in Hongkong, 1928.
Portuguese frigate "D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850. "Ironsides" invaded
Kwangtung and Kwangsi, 1929. Uprising of natives in Formosa, over 200 Japanese massacred, 1930.
Great fire in Hongkong, 1866. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1894. Cbinese Govern- ment welcomed American Battleship Fleet at Amoy, 1908. Great battle at Shanbai- kuan between Fengtien and Chihli forces, 1924.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Sir R. E. Stubbs, Governor of Hong-
kong, leaves for Home, 1925.