Seoul, Aug. 2.
The heaviest downpour of rain for many years, lasting for 20 hours, has turned the low-lying streets of Seoul into muddy rivers and inundated hundreds of houses. Communications are—dislocated. No newspapers were published today.
The Governor General entertain ed Sir Charles Eliot and the leading local British residents to luncheon to-day.—Reuter.
Tue oil depot which the Admiralty is to establish in Hongkong is estimated to cost £59,000. That ament, which figures in the Naval Estimates, has been approved by of! the House of Commons.
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