THE CALENDAR FOR 1932
XHI
JUNE-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
1st
5h. 38m.
SUNSET 7h. 03.
HONGKONG l'EMPERATURE
1930
1931
15th
5h. 38m.
7h. 08m.
Mean Maximum
86.7
85.1
Mean Minimum
78.3 78.3
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
n.
Mean
81.9
81.4
...
New Moon
4
5
16
P.M.
First Quarter.....
12
5
39
A.M.
1930
RAINFALL
1931
Ful Moon
18
38
P.M.
Last Quarter...
26
36
A.M.
12.245 inches
11.600 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF
4 & 5
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Wed.
1
27
Thurs.
ลง
28
Fri.
3
29
Satur.
1
Buu.
5
Mon.
3
Tues.
7
Wed. Thurs.
8
Fri.
10
Satur.
11
Sun.
12
Mon.
13
10
Tues.
14
11
Wed.
15
Thurs.
16
Fri.
17
Satur.
18
2345
KOMB
12
13
14
15
Sun.
19
16
Mon.
20
20
17
2223
23
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26
27
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Opium Agreement between Hongkong and China came into force, 1887. Anti-foreign riot at Tanyang, 1811. Canton-Samshui Railway completed Burial of Sun Yat Sen, 1929. A system bringing water into the Colony by ships and putting the water into specially erected tanks was begun, 1929.
Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871. Formal transfer of Formosa from
China to Japan, 1895. Capture of Wuchow by Cantonese, 1929.
KING'S BIRTHDAY. Earthquake at Manila, 1863. Death of Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1883. Keelung taken by Japanese, 1895. Marshall Chang Tso Lin left Peiping after occupy- ing the capital for over 11 months, 1928. Treaty between France and Corea signed at Seoul, 1886. West River opened, 1897.
Murder of Chang Tso Lin, 1928.
2ND AFTER TRINITY. Departure of the first O. & 0. steamer from Hongkong to San Francisco, 1875. Anti-foreign riot at Wusueh, 1891. Communication with Peiping cut off, 1900. French str. “R. Lebaudy" pirated on West River, 1913. Heavy rains in Hongkong, 1864. Death of Yuen Shih-kai, 1916. C. T. Wang appointed
foreign minister, 1928. Hongkong Flying Club opened, 1930. Attempted anti-foreign riot at Kiukiang, 1891, Hongkong-Canton steamer "Powan
wrecked, 1908. Tornado in Macao, 1913.
Destruction of Mission premises at Wusieh by anti-foreign mob, 1891.
The P. & O. "Aden" wrecked off Socotra, 1897. First meeting of Water Emergency Committee held in Council Chamber Hongkong, 1929. Tientsin Customs seized by Northerners, 1930. Serious fire in Staunton Street, Hongkong: 13 people killed, 1931. Typhoon at Formosa, 1876. Arrival in Hongkong of H.R.H. Prince Charles, heir to the Roumanian Throne, 1920, H.M. Submarine "Poseidon "sunk at Weihaiwei as a result of a collision: 18 Ratings entrapped, 1931.
Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640.
3RD After TrinITY. Opening of the first railway in Japan, 1872. Tientsin handed over
to Sout' erners, 1928
British ste mer "Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser, 1875.
Imperial Edict condemning attacks on foreigners, 1891.
Russo-Chinese Treaty, 1728. Battle of Telissu Russo-Japan War. Russians defeated 1904. Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. A. W. Brown made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic in an aeroplane on June 14th, 1919.
Tidal Wave, Japan, 28,000 lives lost, 1896. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen, 1867. Woosung taken, 1842.
First foreign-owned junk leaves Chungking, 1891. Capture of Taku Forts by Allies, 1900. Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai, 17 persons killed and 10 wounded, 1862. Disastrous inundation at Foochow, 1877. Hours of water supply in Hongkong 6 to 9 a.m. and 3.30 to 6 p m. only, 4 hours per day on Peak, 1929.
4TIL AFTER TRINITY, Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842. Chang Tso Lin appoined "dictator" of the North, 1927. China enters upon “Educative period” of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's scheme, 1929.
Macartney's embassy arrived in China, 1793. Attack on mission premises at Hainan city. 1891, Unprecedented floods in the West River, 1908. General Strike in Hongkong, 1925, The Governor proposed a vote of $100,000 to meet Hongkong water emergency, 1929.
Massacre at Tientsin, 1870.
Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840. Coronation of King George V., 1911. Prince of Wales born, 1894. Shock of earthquake in Hongkong, 1874, New premises of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Shanghai, opened 1923. Attack on Shameen by Chinese, 1925.
Treaty of Nanking Foundation-stone of
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. British troops sent to Tongshan, 1928. Assassination of M. Carnot, President of the French Republic, 1894. exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 1862. new wing of Berlin Foundling House laid by Lady May, 1914. Long drought in Hong- kong broke, 2 ins, of rain in 2 days, 1929.
5TI AFTER TRINITY. Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858.
Additional Convention between France and China signed at Peiping, 1887.
Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert "
by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1866.
Germans signed Preace, 1919, Agreement effected between Great Britain and the United
States for reciprocal protection of British and American Trade Marks in China, 1905. The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peiping,
1873. Indian Mints closed to silver, 1893.
British expedition to China arrived, 1840. Opening of a section of the Shanghai and Wosnong Railway, 1876. Flooding of the Takasima coal mines, 1891. Squadron Leader Maclaren and Flying Officer Plenderleith reach Hongkong on their attempted flight round the world, 1924.
Tues. Wed.
21
Thurs.
2233
18
19
20
Fri. Satur.
24
21
25
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
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30
29
28
26
27