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CHRONOLOGY FOR THE
YEAR. PRINCIPAL HAPPENINGS WIN. 1921. JANUARY.
1-Departure of Major-General
Featris,. C.B.
F.
Knighthood for Mr. N. J. Stabb, ex., Chief Manager of the Hongkong" and Shanghai Banking Corporation."
19,-Hongkong Hotel Company sunual meeting. Sohame for now hotel in "Kowloon announced.
Seventy-fifth anniversary of loon!! Masonry celebrated.
-Two daya inquiry into the Hong afah disaster opened. Verdict given ph May 11th.
Hongkong C.O. war memorial tablat
unveiled by H.E. the Governor. The new cloak started in Kowloon
Railway Station tower.
6.-Visis of National Council for Com-Commission of Inquiry into Child Labour appointed by H.B. the Gor bating Veneral Disease. Educational campaign inaugurated
8.-Boy Scouts" first public display. 9.-Fire-aracker factory in Homuntin
wrecked by explosion.. 12-St. George's Ball.
14.-S.S. Anchises (Messrs. Holt Brow.) arrites on her first. Far Eastern voyage.
Big fire at Mesars. Bailey. & Co.'s
shipyard.
Kowloon Dock Ball. 15.-Whole gang of armed robbers cap-
tured at West Point
Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps win the Rifle League Championship. 16.-Arrival of Mr. Henry Keswick, M.P.. in his Jacht, the Cutty Sarb, 18-Chinese banquet to the Hon Mr. M Chatham, C.M.G., on his retirement from the position of Director of Public Works. 20.--Welcome at Union Church to the Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie on his re turn from, vacation. 21.-Institution of Engineers and Ship-
buriders.tural Ball
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29.-Annual meeting of the Chamber of
A Commerce.
30.-Exporters' and Dealers' Association
annual meeting. 31.-Inquiry into the loss of the Hong.
was stranded Wan I which
* Careless January 29th. Verdict: navigation
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APRIL.
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2-First Gymkhana by the Jockey Club.
Canton Rowing Club Regatta
Legislative Council increases liquor and tobacco duties and propos that the rates on tenements be in- creased from 13 to 20 per cent. (afterwards withdrawn).
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Committee's proposal, to ingresso facilities for son bathing published. Inauguration of Sir William Brunyate ALLE.
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degree of LL.D. conferred upon Dr. G. P. Jordan.
Hongkong's Economic Resources. Be ports by Committees published on shipbuilding mining and minerals, Iand development, etc
92-Hongkong Roll of Honour published-Hon. Mr. Claud Sovern assumed the 23-Departure from the Colony of Mr.
T. F. Hough, after 39 years resid- enco in the Far East,
25. Burns Nicht" dinner. 26.-Basket Ball Association formed.
Prisoners sentenced in important pik
ferage case, from Holt's Wharf. 29-Sixth Congregation of Hongkong! University. Graduation ceremony. New tennis courts opened. Murder and piracy in the harbour near Yaumati. Young sampan woman killed.
8.-Hongkong War Memorial Cross valed by H.E. the Governor. 31.-New Cathedral Hall opened by
H.E. the Governor, Annual meeting of Cathedral Sab
scribers.
FERRCARY.
Administration of the Government on the departure of H.E. the Gover- nor on a visit to North. China... The Hsintein sabore on the Lammocks. 9Mr. A. J. Osmund wins the bil
liards championship.
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12-Sanitary Board suggests a campaign
against mosquitoes. 13.-Fatal house collapse in Old Bailey.
Relaying of rails reported complete
annual meeting of the Tramway Do..
14-Proposals for new and increased stamp duties introduced in the Logislative Council.
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17.
Mr. James Hickson commences Mission of Healing.
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20.-K. and. H. Hancock win the open
#doubles tennis championship.
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21.-Chamber of Commerce bolds a meet-
2-Donation of $100,000 to Hongkong
University by Sir Robert Ho Tung. Portrait of Sir Robert Ho Tung me
veiled at Queen's College. Annual meeting of Union Church. Hong Wan I stranded at Bell's Is
land. 5.-Corpl. Grimes,, of the Defence Corps,
wins the local Bisley." 7-Chinese woman sent to prison for
cruelty to a mu trai. 8.-Several killed in motor-car accident on Chins New Year's Day. Coroner's Jury, later, attribute accident to the throwing of cracker-bombs and commend their prohibition. Hongkong defeat Shanghai in Inter-
port golf match at Fanling. 10-Kowloon marathon race won by A.
Meir.
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ing to protest against the proposed new stamp duties, and suggests Government loans instead. Local branch of the British Legion
formed.
23-Queen's College Old Boys' Associa
tion. First annual dinner. 24.-Census, taken in Hongkong. 25.-Ng Sze Kwong wins the open singles
tennis championship. 28.-Departure from the Colony of H
F. B. I. Bowley, solicitor, attor years' residence. 30-Stamp Ordinance passed into law.
MAY.
re1-Foundation stone of building for the
12.-Victorin Club wing the Hongkong
Challenge Cup. 13--Accident at Aviation Display, Happy
Valley 14.-Annual meeting of Kowloon Resid- ents Association. Important local problems discussed.
15.- Sweated: Labour" discussed at
public" meeting.
Death of Mr. J. H. Gardiner,
solicitor,
22 Annual Race meeting opened 25.-Denth of Capt.. A. O. Plant, river inspector of the Upper Yangtare, while travelling homeward (Mrs. Plant died in Hongkong shortly after the steamer'a arrival in port) Last day of the official race meeting. Mr. John, Johnstone wins the Cham- pionship on Silver Streak. 26-Annual meeting of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Financial review by the Hon. Mr. E. V. D. Part.
The Off Day" at the Race Meeting. 28.-Annual meeting of ratepayers of the
Shameen, Canton.
MARCH 1.-Banitary Board discuson an outbreak
of rinderpest in Kowloon," 9.-Annual Exhibition of Horticultural
Society
Fire in the Harbour-on the T.K.K.
Korea Maru. 3.-Legislative Council approves the,
conticuance of Light Dues. Wreck of the Hong Moh off the Lam- mocks. Hundreds of Chinese passen- gers perish About 250 saved by the UN steamer Shanti, H.M.S. Gar lile and H.M.S. Fozylove, 4-Government House coglie condeinned to death for a murder committed in the bathroom of Government House, 6.Twenty-nine bishops of the Missions Etrangeres visit the Colony. 8.Second annual Diocesan Conference.
Appeal for the preservation of the historic Protestant Church at Macao. 10.-Visit of H.LE. the Crown Prince of Japan en route for Europe Close privacy observed Dinner at Government House 11-Annual meeting" of the St George's Society. Retiring President calls a halt to lavish expenditure at the annual bull.
Crown Prince of Japan. motors to
Tytam.
First annual meeting of the Chinese Young Women's Christian Associa tion
13.-Death of Mr. E. J...Noronha
Pro-
posed Portuguese, pemorial, 14.Volunteer Defence Corps prize dis-
tribution. 15.-Bishop of Victoria and the Cathe
dral Chaplain "At Home Important sales of property in the central, district. Astor House site
changes handa, 18-Disturbance by American sailors in
Victoria.
Gymk
Hongkong, and Shanghai Banking Corporation laid in Shanghai." -Farewell and presentation, in Hong- kong, to Sir James Stewart, Lock hart, rotiring Commissioner of Weihaiwci.
7-Jockey Club Gymkhana 10.-Four inches of rain in 24 hours.
Much damage done.
11-Public meeting of protest against
increased house rates. Recission de manded.
Annual meeting of the Constitutional Reform Association. Decision, to- petition the House of Commons nguin for a more popular form of Government.
Marine Court Finding as to Hong Moh disaster. Faulty navigation: rescus work praised, especially the heroic action of Capt. E R.,Ğ. ́R- Evans, R.N. (Inquiry opened on
March 22nd), 13.--Peanut oil factory burned down at
Samshuipo.
15.-U.8 Shipping Board ... Wenatchee arrives from Shanghai on first out- ward trip
19-Schone outlined for transferring the Diocesan Boys School scross the harbour to Kowloon. 24-Empire Day Celebrations.
Interport cricket match Hongkong .
Shanghai, begun at Shanghai. 25-Medical Officer of Health roplice "to Mrs. Neville Rolf's criticisms of Hongkong's public health adminis tration.
The T.K.K. Toiyo Marú on view in the
harbour.
23-Shanghai win the Interport cricket
match. 27.-Colony's Shipping Report for 1920
published. Increase of 34,329 vessels reported by the Harbour Master. Forty-eighth meeting of the Union In-
surance Society of Canton, Ltd. 28-Extraordinary meeting of the Hong-
kong and Shanghai Banking Corpo
ration to approve an increase of capital by five million dollare;" 31.-Peak Tramway Company decide to relay track with a view to getting larger cats.
Rainfall during May, 33.785 inches; a record for the month; only beaten in 1850---------
JUNE. 2.-Fire at. Victoria Hospital, 3-King's Birthday Celebrations: Ro view of troops. Government House Reception.
4. Jockey Club Gymkhana.
Report on the mosquito-pat present ed to the Sanitary Board,
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Hongkong wins the Interport tennis doubles at Shanghai.
Launch of the Kwangchow at Taikoo
Dockyard.
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10. The Dragon Festival. Chiness boat
races if the harbour 16-Fortieth annual moeding of the Indo- China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. 18-Preliminary report of the local Census issued. Population of the Colony 816,749
Hota Mansions bought by the
Inmiranon Society,
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