THE CALENDAR FOR 1932
OCTOBER-31 DAYS
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
SUNRISE 6h. 15m.
-
SUNSET
6h. 12m.
1930 1931
-
15th
6h. 20m.
5h. 59m.
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Mean Maximum
81:7
79.2
MOON'S PHASES
Mean Minimum
73.1
70.1
d.
h.
111.
Mean
76.8
74.4
...
...
First Quarter...
7
4
5 A.M.
Full Moon
14
9
18
P.M.
1930
RAINFALL
1931
Last Quarter...
23
1
14
A.M.
New Moon
29
10
56
P.M.
0.410 inches
0.730 inches
DAYS OF DAYS OF
WEEK MONTI
8 & 9 MOONS
Satur.
2
XVII
Sun.
2
3
Mon.
3
Tues.
5
Wed.
5
6
Thurs.
6
7
Fri. Satur.
78
080
12
13
Sun.
10
Mon.
10
11
Tues.
11
Wed.
12
Thurs.
13
14
Fri,
14
15
Satur.
15
16
Sun.
18
17
* * * 995
Mon.
17
18
Tues.
18
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Satur,
* 222
19
19
20
20
21
21
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
222 223
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CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS
JEWISH NEW YEAR. The Hongkong Daily Press started, 1857. Inauguration of Hong- kong College of Medicine, 1887. Hyogo declared an open port, 1892. Gold Standard adopted in Japan, 1897. British Section, Canton-Kowloon Railway opened, 1910. Arrival in Hongkong of H.E. Sir R. E. Stubbs to assume the Governorship, 1919. Rendition of Wei-Hai Wei, 1930.
Serious riot at Hongkong, 1884.
19th After TRINITY. Tamsui bombarded by French, 1884. Piracy of s.s. Ningshin near
Wenchow, 1924.
Treaty between France and Siam signed at Bangkok, 1893. Withdrawal of British steamers from West River, 1900. Chinese National Assembly inaugurated, 1910. Hongkong Govt. Radio Service opened, 1928. Attack on foreigners at Wenchow, 1884. Terrible fire at Amoy, 1902. Typhoon at Hongkong, 1894. Canton-Kowloon Railway opened for through traffic, 1911. Foundation-stone of new wing to the Tung Wah Hospitai, Hongkong, laid by H.E. The Governor, 1920. Searchlight Tattoo, Hongkong, 1928,
French expedition left Chefoo for Corea, 1866. ~Arrival in Hongkong of Governor Sir
William Des Voeux, 1887. Marshal Tsao Kun elected President of China, 1923. Hongkong Government agreed to lend the Viceroy of Wuchang £1,100,000 to repurchase from an American syndicate the Canton-Hankow railway concession, 1905. H.R.H. Prince Alfred visited Peping, but not received by the Emperor, 1869. Chinese Court left Kaifengfu on its way to Peiping, 1901.
"Ironsides" take Kweilin, 1929.
Supplementary Treaty signed at The Hague, 1848. French landing party at Tamsui repulsed, 1884. Battle of Shaho, Russo-Japanese War, commenced. Ended 26th in disastrous defeats of Russians, 1904. Opening concert of Hongkong Government broadcasting, 1929.
20TH AFTER TRINITY. Shanghai captured, 1841. Chinhai taken, 1841.
Lord Napier died at Macao, 1834. Wreck off the Pescadores of the P. & O. str. "Bokhara,"
1892. Yuan Shih Kai inaugurated President of the Chinese Republic, 1913. The first Chinese merchant str. (“Meifoo") left Hongkong for London with passengers to establish a Chinese firm there, 1881. Outbreak of revolution in China at Wuchang, 1911. Revolt in the Philippines, 1872. Carvalho Yeo, a clerk in the H.K. Treasury, committed
for trial on charges of defrauding the Government of over $200,000, 1928. Ningpo occupied by British forces, 1841. First railway in Japan officially opened by the
Mikado, 1872. Allies capture Paotingfu, 1900.
Amendment to Women and Girls Ordinance, Hongkong, 1929.
£265,00 of Boxer Indeminty granted to Hongkong University, 1930.
21ST AFTER TRINITY. Khanghoa, in Corea, taken by the French, 1866. Train disaster between Harbin and Tsitsihar, resulting in many deaths, 1918. Sun Yat Sen's troops fight Mer- chants Volunteer Corps in Canton, 1924. Nationalist envoys murdered at Chefoo, 1928 St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, dedicated, 1842. Daring piracy on board the British str.
Greyhound," 1885.
44
Great fire in Hongkong, 1859. Great typhoon at Formosa, 1861. Japanese Government
welcomed American Battleship Fleet, 1908. Priacy of the s.s. “Irene." 1927.
Terrific typhoon at Manila; enormous damage to property, 1882.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Shanghai, 1869.
58 piratical vessels destroyed by Captains Hay and Wilcox, H.M. ships "Columbine" and
香雪
Fury," 1849. Hongkong Legislative Council voted $100,000 to the Prince of Wales' National Relief Fund, 1914. Årms and ammunition consigned to India by Germans
discovered at Shanghai, 1915.
22ND AFTRE TRINITY. King Chulalongkorn of Siam died, 1910. Gen. Feng Yu Hsiang deserts Wu Pei-fu, takes possession of Peiping, 1924, Chiang Kai Shek became a Christian, 1980. Japanese cross the Yalu, 1894.
Treaty of Whampoa between France and China signed, 1844.
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23
24
24
25
25
26
by the Allies, 1862.
26
27
Chin-lien-cheng taken by the Japanese, 1894.
27
28
Fri.
28
29
Satur.
29
1
Sun.
30
2
Mon.
31
3
Kahding recaptured
Serious earthquake in Central Japan, 7,500 persons killed, 1891. Attempted insurrection at Canton, 1895. Prince Adalbert of Prussia visited Hongkong, 1904. Massacre of four American Missionaries and a child at Linechow, 1905. Prince Ito assassinated at Har- bin, 1909. Hon. Mr W. D. Barnes, Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, died suddenly whilst playing polo, 1911, Bomb thrown in Canton, killed 37 people, 1914. Note presented from the Powers to China advising the suspension of the monarchical
movement, 1915. Miss Maude Royden arrived in Hongkong, 1928. Portuguese frigate "D. Maria II." blown up at Macao, 1850.
Kwangtung and Kwangsi, 1929. Uprising of natives in Formósa, over 200 Japanese massacred, 1930.
"Ironsides" invaded
23RD AFTER TRINITY. Great fire in Hongkong, 1866. Fenghuang taken by the Japanese, 1894. Chinese Government welcomed American Battleship Fleet at Amoy, 1908. Great battle at Shanhai-kuan between Fengtien and Chihli forces, 1924.
H.R.H. Prince Alfred arrived at Hongkong, 1869. Sir R. E. Stubbs, Governor of Hong-
kong, leaves for Home, 1925.
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