The Archive · 1927

HEAVY RAINS IN WHITE] RUSSIA

Widespread Damage to Crops and Bridges Moscow, June 16, Storms and heavy rain in White Russia have caused many casualties and much damage. Crops covering fan area of more than 80,000 acres have been destroyed while no less] than 110 bridges have been blown London, June 15.

"No city in the Empire has pro-essed so far with malaria control as Singapore," is the opinion of Si Ronald Ross, whose report malaria control (published after four months' journey of 20,000 miles in India and Malaya to inspect the progress of anti-malarial opera tions, whence he returned February) advocates the bed net as the best precaution against malaria, He thinks that Malaya will quite possibly succeed in banish. ing malaria but asserts that Cat~ atta has much to, learn from Singa-

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