The first seventy-one kilometres of the Laokai- Yunnanfu Railway were offcially taken from the Construction Company, by the Exploitation Company on the 15th instant. Unfortunately the exceedingly heavy rains that prevailed have caused great havoc on the recently finished line, and the traffic is interrupted for the time This will, of course, delay the arrival of the locomotive at Méngtze, where it was expected in July.
Singalarly heavy and early has been the rainy season this year, During the night of Jane 28-29 the rain fell with sach violence that not a few members of the community arose expecting to have their none too solid roofs about their ears.
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