XVI
THE CALENDAR FOR 1932
SEPTEMBER 30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
Ist 15th
6h, 05m.
6h. 41m.
6h. 10m.
6h. 27m.
1930
1931-
Mean Maximum
83.7
85.8
MOON'S PHASES
đ.
h.
Mean Minimum
76.4
77.5
New Moon
1.
3
55 A.M.
Mean
79.4 81.2
...
First Quarter
7
8
49
P.M.
Full Moon
15
5
6
A.M.
1930
RAINFALL
1931
Last Quarter
23
8
47
A.M.
New Moon
30
1
30 F.M.
28.245 inches
13.430 inches
...
DAYS OF DAYS OF
7 & 8
WEEK
MONTH
MOONS
Thurs.
1
1
Fri.
2
~
Satur. Sun.
3
4
Mon.
Tues.
கசு
Wed.
7
Thurs.
8
Fri.
9
Satur.
10
10
Sun.
11
11
CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
Foundation-stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Hongkong, laid, 1890. Extensive floods in Shantung, 1914. Appalling earthquake, followed by fire, wrought terrible havoc to life and property in Yokohama, Tokyo and surrounding districts, 1923. Hongkong-Canton Telephone trunk line opened by H.E. Sir William Peel, 1931. Arrival of the "Vega" at Yokohama after having discovered the North-East Passage, 1879. Kinochau declared a free port, 1898. Japanese occupied Lioa-yang, capturing vast stores of ammunition and provisions, 1904. Hongkong Plague proclamation revoked, 1894. Disastrous floods at Shanghai, 1904. 15TH AFTER TRINITY. Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets
under Admiral Kuper, 1864. Anglo-Chinese Commercial Treaty signed, 1902.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1860 Assassination of Mr. McKinley, President of the U.S.A. 1901. Sir James Mackay's Treaty with China signed, 1902.
Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891. War breaks out in China between
Chihli and Fengtien factions, 1924.
Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867. H.I.H. Prince Tsai Hsun visits Hongkong, 1909* -
Naval raid on Bias Bay, 50 houses destroyed, 1927.
Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1859. Floods near Swatow rendering a million people destitute, 1911. Riots in Szechuan to protest against the use of foreign capital for railway construction, 1911. Helena May Institute, Hongkong, a opened, 1916. Chinese Government announces its intention to assume the administra- tion of Russian Concessions and Russian Government property in China, 1920. Riot by Chinese mob at Canton; great destruction of houses and property in Shameen, 1883. British gunboat “Wasp" left Singapore for Hongkong and seen no more, 1887. Death of Sir Claud MacDonald, former Minister at Peking and Tokio, 1915. Full water supply to all distucts in Hongkong stopped, 1928. Japan invades Manchuria, 1931, 16TH AFTER TRINITY. Japanese flagship "Mikasa" foundered in Sasebo harbour, 1905. Sir Rober: Hart died, 1911. Rider main districts restricted to 2 hours per day Hong- kong, 1928.
Convention signed at Chefoo by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hung-chang, 1876. Public Meeting in Hongkong with reference to the blockade of the port by the Chinese Customs' cruisers, 1874. Severe typhoon in Southern Japan, 1891. Funeral of Emperor Mutsuhito, 1912.
Chinese transport "Waylee" driven ashore on Pescadores; upwards of 370 lives lost, 1887.
Death of Sir John Jordan, in London, 1925.
New Convention between Germany and China ratified at Peking, 1881.
The battle of the Yalu, in which the Chinese were defeated by the Japanese, losing five
vessels, 1894.
Destruction by fire of the Temple of Heaven, Peking, 1889. Loss in Ki Channel, near
Kobe, of the Turkish frigate “Ertogrul," with 567 lives, 1890.
17TH AFTER TRINITY. Typhoon at Hongkong, the most disastrous in the Colony's
history, 1906.
Allied Generalissimo reached Hongkong, 1900.
Farewell parade of Hongkong Police Reserve,
Riots at Kumchuk, Kwangtung, 1900. formed during the war, 1919.
Typhoon at Swatow, 1891. Piracy of
Count von Waldersee reached Shanghai 1900.
"Delhi Maru," pirates led by woman, 1929. Chinese Gort, signed a contract with Messrs. Samuel & Co., of London, for a loan of $10,000,000 for the development of Hankow, 1914. Appeal at Government House for $1,500,000 to meet immediate needs of Hongkong University, 1919. Swatow captured by Reds," children shot in the streets, 1927.
U. S. brig "Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Terrific typhoon in Hongkong and Macao, many thousands of lives lost, 1874. Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association inaugurated 1904.
H.M.S. "Rattler" lost off Japan, 1868. Piratical attack on the German barque "Apenrade,” near Macao, 1869. The Satsuma rebels in Japan suppressed, 1877. Bomb thrown at Chinese Commissioners when about to leave Peking for Europe, 1905.
18TH AFTER TRINITY. Arrival of Governor Sir Henry A. Blake in Hongkong, 1898. Serious
Anti-Japanese riots in Hongkong, Japanese family of 5 murdered. 1931. Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834. Piracy of s.8. “Anking,” 1928. Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840. Lord Kitchener in Hongkong, 1909.
Yellow River burst its banks in Honan; calamitous inundation, 1887. H.A. L. str. “Lydia”
wrecked near Hainan Strait, 1910.
MICHAELMAS DAY. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage to shipping, 1865. S.8. “Charterhouse" foundered in a typhoon off Hainan Head, 70 persons drowned, 1906. All the Bogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841. S.S. "Hsiesho" sank after striking
a mine in Pechili Gulf, 1905.
Mon.
12
12
Tués.
13
13
23
Wed.
14
14
Thurs.
15
Fri.
16
35
15
16
Satur.
17
17
Sun.
18
18
Mon.
19
19
Tues.
20
20
Wed.
21
21
Thurs.
22
22
Fri.
Satur.
Sun.
33333
23
333
23
24
24
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Satur.
* 278 2 8
25
25
26
26
27
28
29
29
30
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