THE CALENDAR FOR 1934
XIX
DECEMBER-31 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
6h. 46m.
5h. 38m.
15th
6h. 55m.
5h. 41m.
31st
7h. 03m.
5h. 49m.
Mean Maximum
MOON'S PHASES
Mean Minimum
Mean
1930
1930
68.2
67.7
...
60.6 69.5
...
...
64.0 63.3
d.
b.
in.
First Quarter...
5
5
40
A.M.
Full Moon
13
10
21
A.M
...
Last Quarter
21
4
22
A.M.
...
27
7 22 P.M.
1930
RAINFALL
1931
0.890 inches
4.555 inches
A
New Moon
DAYS OF Days of 10 & 11
WEEK
MONTH
Thure.
1
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
~
Mou.
5
MOONS
Tues. Wed.
07
9
10
Thurs.
8
11
Fri.
9
12
Satur.
10
13
Sun.
11
14
Mon.
12
15
Tues.
13
16
18
Wed.
14
17
Thurs.
15
18
Fri.
16
19
Satur.
17
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20
20
22
Sun.
18
21
'Mon.
19
£2
Tues.
20
23
Wed Thurs.
21
24
22
25
Fri.
2283
2285
23
26
** * ***8.
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Queen Alexandra born, 1844. Treaty of Locarno signed, 1925. Chiang Kai Shek married
Dr. Sun Yat Sen's sister-in-law, 1927.
Large public meeting at City Hall, Hongkong, approves of new Club for joint use of civilans, and services under Y.M.C.A. management, as the main War Memorial of the Colony, 1920. Scheme dropped later.
8. Francis Xavier died on Sanchoan, 1552.
2ND IN ADVENT. First census of Hongkong taken, population 15,000, 1841. "'Ironsides'
attacked Canton but were repulsed, 1929. Six foreigners killed at Wang-chuh-ki, 1847.
under General Gordon, 1863.
and not heard of again, 1886.
Soochow re-taken by the Imperialists The Japanese warship "Unebi-kan" left Singapore
Foundation stone of new
European factories at Canton destroyed by a mob, 1842.
Portuguese Club in Duddell Street, Hongkong, laid by H.E. The Governor of Macao, 1920. Piracy of the 8.8. "Haiching," 1929. Rotary started in Hongkong, 1930. Ningpo captured by the Taipings, 1861. Consecration of new Pei-tang Cathedral, Peping, 1888. Piratical attack on Portuguese str. "American,' near Macao the captain being killed, 1913. Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody, lady tennis champion of the world arrives in Hongkong, 1931.
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19
Piracy on board the Douglas str. Namoa,' five hours after leaving Hongkong. Captain Pocock and three others murdered and several seriously wounded, 1890. Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir William Robinson, 1891. Formal transfer of administration of former leased territory of Kiaochow by Japan: to China, 1922. 3RD IN ADVENT. Indeninity paid by Prince of Satsuma, 1863. Admiral Bell, U.S.N., drowned at Osaka, 1867. Communist holocause in Canton, 1927. Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon, opened, 1928.
Imperial Decree stating that the Foreign Ministers at Peking are to be received in
audience every New Year, 1890.
French flag hauled down from the Consulate at Canton by Chinese, 1832. First reception of foreign ladies by the Empress Dowager of China, 1898. President Yuan Shih-kai invited to ascend the Dragon Throne of China by a unanimous vote of the provincial delegates at Peiping, 1915. Canton captured by Reds," streets littered with corpses, 1927.
All Roman Catholic Priests (not Portuguese) expelled from Macao, 1838. Chiang Kai
Shek, President of China, resigns, 1931.
Memorial Stone of New Harbour of Refuge at Mongkoktsui laid by H.E. Sir Henry
May, 1915. Arrival of Bishop of Londo in Hongkong, 1926.
J
Russian vice-consul executed at Canton, 1927. Ricci Hall, Hongkong University Hostel opened, 1929. United States District Court for China opened at Shanghai, 1906. Sir W. Des Vœux, formerly Governor of Hongkong, died, 1909. H.E. Sir R. E. Stubbs inspects Hong- kong Defence Corps on its last parade, 1919. Coastal shipping strike at Hongkong, 1919. Sports Club, Hongkong, opened, 1928.
4TH IN ADVENT. Sir Hugh Gough and the Eastern Expedition left China, 1842.
General Cheung Wa Cheung completed long distance flight of 3.607 miles, 1928. Gen. Cheng Ming Shu sworn in as Chairman of Kwangtung Provincial Administrative
Council, 1928.
Arrival of Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales at Hongkong in the "Bacchante 1881. Two cotton mills destroyed by fire at Osaka, 120 persons burnt to death, 1893. Tuan Fane murdered, 1911. Britain accepts China's tariff proposals, 1928. Hongkong Flying Club formed, 1929.
Steam navigation first attempted, 1736.
Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with secret orders to watch the movements of
Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1836.
Sir Henry May, of Hongkong, appointed Governor of Fiji, 1910. One million dollars worth of forged Chinese banknotes seized in Hongkong, 1912. President Yuan Shih-kai performed the Worship of Heaven, 1914.
CHRISTMAS DAY. Great fire in Hongkong, 368 houses destroyed, immense destruction
of property, 1878. Death of Emperor Taisho of Japan, 1926.
Satur.
24
27
British Consulate at Shanghai destroyed by fire, 1870.
Sun.
25
28
Mon.
26
29
BOXING Day. ST. STEPHEN. Great fire at Tokyo, 11,000 houses destroyed, 26 lives
lost, 1897.
Tues.
27
1
Dedication of Hongkong Masonic Hall, 1865.
28
Canton bombarded by Allied forces of Great Britain and France, 1857.
SS.
Hydran-
29
gea" pirated by passengers in Bias Bay on her way from Hongkong to Swatow,
1923.
30
31
Dr. Sun Yat Sen elected Provisional President of the Republic of China, 1911.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur.