During March Mountain Road is Partially Blocked; Planes Bomb Area Frost Our Own CORRESPONDENT
Kuling, Mar. 25.
After a spell of warm spring-like weather, the thermometer dropped over 25 degrees in one day. rain turned to sleet, and the water soon turned to followed several ice, days of snow, such as has not been seen here for over ten years The average fall on the hills eighteen inches to two fect, but in many places, where, there were snow-drifts, caused by the fierce wind, snow banks of four to six feet appeared. The mist and rain freezing on the wires, soon brought down many of the telephone and telegraph lines and even the electric cable lines were damaged in places. The snow storm or storms lasted just over a week, with little break. and it has taken about ten days to melt the snow and ice. For some days the mountain road was almost blocked, but with difficulty a few got through, and a path was cut through the worst parts. There has been little change in Kuling recently except that the population is on the decline, every week sees a few foreigners and Chinese leaving the hill for other parts. There are probably only about 80 foreigners up here now about one half being British subject: There was another bombing of Nan-
[kang (Hsingtse) on the lake side.
bout ten days ago, and a number civilians suffered badly. As there are practically no military stationed ther and no gun emplacements, one fails io understand the reason for these attacks on harmless and defenceless people, who are very poor.
£r. Tan who is still nominal Director of the Administration recently paid Kuling a brief visit, he is Very busy on Highway Bureau work at Nanchang. During his visit here, he invited the foreign and Chinese community to meet him and Mr: Tan at the Library where tea was served
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