fast Our MILITARY ContesronDENT
London, Aug. 1.
The 1st Queen's Royal Regiment} Malta on October 8 in jor Tientsin via Bombay and will leave that port for China on October 22 carrying! also drafts from home for the in the Far East. She is clu Hongkong on November 5, Shangh: on November 8 and Chinwangtao Lan"
Southampton with China drafts and Jat Suez will embark the Ist South) Wales Borderers for Hongkong. She} also proceeds vii Bombay and leaves here for China on November arriving at Hongkong on November 19. The Neuralia is to convey the 2nd Royal Scots from Tientsin to Indi leaving Chinwangtao on November 18, Shanghai, on November 21 and Hongkong on November 24 and] Jands the battalion at Karachi on December 9. The Lancashire is to} carry the Ist Somerset Light Infantry from Hongkong on November 26 to India and lands the unit at} Bombay on December 10. The Nevasa is to convey the 2nd Royall Scots Fusiliers from India to Shanghai (families go to United Kindom) leaving Bombay on December 14 and reaching Hongkong on December 28; and Shanghai, this is perfectly seasonable weather, but recent typhoons and monsoons it will be seen that Shanghai has carrying also Far East details. She had little to worry over as regards ving irk the ist Worcestershires have kept the thermometer down, yesterday's return to more norm Lemperatures seeming hot by comparison, Neither this year nor last has the offeial Siccawei temperature reach fed the century mark. Yesterday's temperature was 98, the day before showing 92 and the day before that 84.5, while the greatest hea: registered this year was 99.1 Tuly 11, Last year the greatest was on August 25, 08.1 Keing the Itiark, with 97.7 a5 the next. high-fest on July-23 and 24, In 1995 the hottest day ed temperature of 29.4, on next year,- 1926, toat had one of heat this year: July 29 1012 August 1013
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