[PW] 1922(?) Bombing in Hong Kong

[T. F. Mills]

On 16 Mar 2008 at 10:21, Janice Sellers wrote:

> The story is that the father said that he had tried to come a year
> earlier but was detained in Hong Kong for a year because of a bombing
> attempt on the viceroy there. 

I concur with others that it is more likely that the strikes, which saw a substantial number of 
the labour force flee to China, caused the sailing delay.

Although all governors in the British Empire were "viceroys" (lower case), the only formal 
usage of the title "Viceroy" was in India.

>  I appreciate any leads or pointers to sources I can check on my own.  

Univ of HK Libraries has a very impressive digitization project which makes most gov docs 
and lots of other HK material freely available:
http://lib.hku.hk/database/

There are several microfilm files of the South China Morning Post in US libraries -- an 
excellent resource if you find leads pointing to an assassination attempt on Stubbs.  But I 
doubt you will find such an incident: it is typical of the distortion that quickly happens in oral 
"family history".


T.F. Mills                            (Colorado, USA)
temporary email:         phasco at earthlink.net
(pending resurrection of regiments.org mail)