XVIII
THE CALENDAR FOR 1932
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
SUNRISE
1st 15th
...
6h. 27m.
SUNSET 5h. 47m.
1930 1981
6h. 36m.
5h. 40m.
...
Mean Maximum
...
Mean Minimum
75.7 76.0
66.7
66.1
MOON'S PHASES
d.
h.
111.
Mean
70.7 70.4
First Quarter...
5
2
50
P.M.
Full Moon
13
3
28
P.M.
1930
RAINFALL
Last Quarter
21
3
58
P.M.
New Moon
28
43
A.M.
0.035 inches
1931
0.965 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF 9 & 10
WEEK
MONTH
Tues.
1
Wed.
Thurs.
MOONS
LO
2 LỚ
878
Fri. Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
7
10
Tues.
11
Wed.
9
12
Thurs.
10
13
Fri
11
14
Satur.
12
15
Sun.
13
16
Mon.
14
17
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
15
18
19
16
17
20
18
* O * 2 2 ☎
19
20
21
22
Wed. Thurs.
23
24
Fri.
25
***
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∞ = 2 2 2 2
21
22
23
24
25
N N N N
27
28
223
Satur.
26
29
Sun.
27
30
Mon.
28
Tues,
29
Wed.
30
3
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
ALL SAINTS DAY. The port of Quinhon, Annam, opened to foreign trade, 1876. Riotous disturbances at Hongkong connected with the boycott of Japanese goods, 1908. Mr. C. Clementi, New Governor, arrives in Hongkong, 1925. All rider mains in Hongkong disconnected, supply given through street fountains, 1928.
Wreck of the U.S. cruiser "Charleston "off North Luzon. Wireless telegraph service
opened between Macao and Hongkong, 1920.
Great Britain commenced the first war with China by the naval action of Chuen-pee, 1839. Hongkong Jockey Club formed, 1884.
Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860.
President Yuan Shih Kai proclaimed Kuomintang a seditious organisation, 1913. Manchu Emperor evicted from Iniperial Palace and Abdication Agreement revised, 1924. 24TH AFTER TRINITY, English and French Treaties promulgated in the Peking Gazette, 1860. Fall of Tsingtao to Anglo-Japanese forces, 1914. Death of Li Hung-chang, 1901.
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The French repulsed in Corea, 1866. Celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee in Hongkong, 1887. Typhoon at Hongkong, 1900, Independence of Kwangtung province announced. 1911. German cruiser “Einden" destroyed by H.M.A.S. “ Sydney at Cocos Island, 1914. Hon. Mrs. V. Bruce arrived in Hongkong on flight from England to Japan, 1930. Statue of Sir Arthur Kennedy unveiled in the Botanic Gardens, Hongkong, 1887. Assas- sination of Admiral Tseng Ju-cheng at Shanghai, 1915. Coronation of Emperor Hirohito of Japan, 1928. ARMISTICE DAY. ́H.M.S. "Racehorse” wrecked off Chefoo in 1864. New Chinese Tariff came into force, 1901. Armistice arranged in Gt. War, 1918. H.M.S. Petersfield sunk off Tung Yung Island, 1931. Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864. The Foreign Ministers had audience within the Palace, Peping, 1894. Japan attempts to restore Manchu Dynasty in Manchuria, 1931. 25TH AFTER TRINITY. Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847. Macao Boundary Delimitation
Conference at Hongkong interrupted, 1909. Attempted murder of Mr. T. Hamagiuchi, Prime Minister of Japan, at Tokyo, 1930.
Convention signed between Russia and China, 1860. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee, 1893. Germans took possession of Kiaochau Bay, 1897. Death of the Chinese Emperor Kwang Hsu, 1908. Armistice celebrations in Hongkong, 1918. H.M. gunboat
44 Gnat" lost on the Palawan, 1868. Opening of Canton-Fatshan Rail- way, 1903. Death of the Chinese Empress Dowager Tze Au, 1908.
Shanghai opened to foreign commerce, 1843. Piracy of the s.s. “Sunning,” 1926. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867. First section Shanghai-Nanking railway to Naziang opened.
General strike of printers commenced in Hongkong, 1911.
Important Harbour Improvement works at Macao announced, involving an expenditure
of over $10,000,000, 1920.
Terrific gunpowder explosion at Amoy, 1887. Jesuit fathers expelled from Macao, 1910.
"Sui An" pirated on her way from Macao to Hongkong, 1922.
26TH AFTER TRINITY. Portuguese Custom House at Macao closed, 1845. Lord Elgin died,
1863.
Port Arthur taken by the Japanese, 1894. Departure of Governor Sir Henry Blake from Hongkong, 1903. Rebels repulsed at Hankow, 1911. Marshall Li Tsai Hsin entertained at Government House, Hongkong, 1928,
Mar-
Boiler explosion on board the str. "Yesso" in H.K. harbour, 1877. Resignation en bloc of unofficial members of Hongkong Licensing Board as a protest against the action of the Executive in restoring the licences of the Peak and Grand Hotels, 1915. Chinese commenced boycott of trams in Hongkong which lasted seven weeks, 1912.
shall Tuan Chi Jui »ssumes office as Chief Executive of China, 1924. Capture of Anping, Formosa, 1868. Treaty between Portugal and China signed, 1871, Imperial Diet of Japan met for the first time, 1890. Terrible floods in Chihli; Hong. kong voted $100,000 towards relief of distress, 1916. British Warship, sunk in 1859 at Taku, discovered at mouth of Haiho, 1927.
Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1839. League
of Nations Society formed in Hongkong, 1930.
1ST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch'ung How, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder of the French at Tientsin (June 21st, 1870), 1871. Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, Hongkong, opened, 1929.
Foreign factories burnt at Canton, 1856. Great fire in Hongkong, 1867. Blake Pier,
Hongkong, opened, 1900.
Opening of the Japanese Diet at Tokyo by the Emperor in person, 1890. Revolt of
troops at Macao, 1910.
ST. ANDREW'S DAY. St. Joseph's Church, Hongkong, consecrated, 1872. The Japanese cruiser "Chishima Kan" sunk in collision with the P. & O. steamer "Ravenna" in the Inland Sea, 61 lives lost, 1892. Armistice arranged between Chinese Revolutionists and Imperialists, 1911. Manchu Emperor seeks sanctuary in Japanese Legation, 1924.