Hankow, May 7, Precautionary measures' are being taken by the Hupeh provincial aut thorities against a recurrence of the flood disaster in 1931, Dykes in the vicinity of Hankow and along the Yangtze are being re-Paired, while a Flood Prevention Commission was formed to-day.
Intermittent heavy rains led to rise in the level of the river here by feet last week, and several por-ons of the dykes in south Hupeh are oportod to have been damaged ug
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