1926

THE CALENDAE FOE 1926
NOVEMBER-30 DAYS
Sunrise
... 6h. 27m.
... 6h. 36m.
Moon’s Phases
Sunset
5h. 47m.
5h. 4(0m.
New Moon
First Quarter.
Full Moon
Last Quarter.
Hongkong Temperature
1924 1925
Maximum 73.4 76.9
Minimum 63.8 68.6
Mean 68.2 71.9
Barometer, 1925
Chronology of Remarkable Events
Mon. 1
Tues. 2
'Wed. 3
Thurs. 4
Fri. 5
Satur. 6
Sun. 7
Tri.
Satur.
Sun.
Mon.
Toes.
Wed.
Thure.
-Fri.
11
12
13
15
16
17
18
19
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Wed*’
Fri.
.Satur.
25
26
27
Mon. 29
26
27
28
29
10
11
12
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15
21
22
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25
26
All Saints Day. The port of Quinhon, A imam, opened to foreign trade, 1876. Riotous dis¬
turbances at Hongkong connected with the boycott of Japanese goods, 1908. Mr.
C. Ciimenti, New Governor, arrives in Hongkong, 1925.
Wreck of the U.S. cruiser “Charleston" off North Luzon. Wireless telegraph ervice
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. President Tsao Run forced to resign, 1924.
Great fire at Macao, 500 houses burnt, 1834. Peking evacuated by the Allies, 1860.
President Yuan Shih Kai proclaimed Kuomintang a seditious organisation and unseated
438 members of Parliament, 1913. Manchu Emperor evicted from Imperial Palace and
Abdication Agreement revised, 1924.
English and French Treaties promulgated in the Peking Gazette, 1860. Indo-China
str. ‘ ‘ Tingsang ” wrecked in Hainan Straits.
Fall of Tsingtao to Anglo-Japanese force, 1914.
Death of Li Hung-chang, 1901.
The French repulsed in Corea, 1866. Celebration of Queen Victoria’s Jubilee in Hongkong,
1887. Typhoon at Hongkong, 1900, H.M.S. “Sandpiper” and “ Canton City ” sunk.
Independence of Kwangtung province announced, 1911. German cruiser “Emden”
destroyed by H.M.A.S. “ Sydney ” at Cocos lsland, 1914.
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
Yoshihito of Japan, 1915.
H.M.S. “Racehorse” wrecked off Chefooin 1864. New Chinese Tariff came into force, 1901.
Disturbances at Shanghai, following measures to prevent a plague epidemic, 1910.
Armistice arranged in Great War, 1918.
Hongkong first lighted by gas, 1864. The Foreign Ministers had audience within the
Palace, Peking, 1894.
Earthquake at Shanghai, 1847. Macao Boundary Delimitation Conference at Hongkong
interrupted, 1909.
Convention signed between Russia and China, 1860. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee,
1893. Germans took possession of Kiaochau Bay, 1897. Death of the Chinese Emperor
Kwnng Hsu, 1908. Armistice celebrations in Hongkong, 1918.
H.M. gunboat “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. Celebration of Shanghai Jubilee, 1893.
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 810,000,000,1920.
Terrific gunpowder explosion at Amoy; upwards of 800 houses destroyed and several
hundred lives lost, 1887. Jesuit fathers expelled from Macao, 1910. Hongkong, Canton
and Macao Steamboat Co.’s s.s. “ Sui An” pirated on her way from Macao to Hongkong
by 60 pirates, who had gone aboard as passengers, 1922.
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.
Terrible boiler explosion on board the str. “ Yesso” in H.K. harbour, 86 lives lost, 1877.
Resignation en bloc of unofficial members of Hongkong Incensing Board as aprotest against
the action of the Executive in restoring the licences of the Peak and Grand Hotels, 1916.
Chinese commenced boycott of trams in Hongkong which lasted seven weeks, 1912.
Death of the Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewlett, c.m.g., member of the Executive and Legislative
Councils of Hongkong, 1915. Marshal Tuan Chi Jui assumes 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 8100,000 towards relief of distress, 1916.
Edict issued by the Viceroy of Canton forbidding trade with British ships, 1839.
M. Thiers accepts the apology of Ch’ungHow, the Chinese Ambassador, for the murder
of the French at Tientsin (June 21st, 1870), 1871.
Advent Sunday. 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.