Hankow, Aug. 13. The heat continued last week and Junoticial readings were at times in the neighbourhood of 105 degrees ]while those published by the Customs twere two or three degrees under, Jwhich made one think it not so bad when reading them in the paper morning. Every evening threatening Jelouds gathered round, but dispersed before coming overhead.
The first real indication of a change] Jcame on Saturday at shortly after five o'clock, when a regular gale sprang up from the north, sending clouds of dust in the air from the [baked countryside. At the Race Club, the sight screens on the cricket pitch [were blown down, and the game [gainst the Navy was greatly interfer-fed with until the wind abated about three-quarters of an hour later. On. the bowling green, boards were blown down, and chairs, hats and coats went leareering across the south green mak-Inga clean sweep of everything that was under the pavilion.
was fully expected that when the wind died down the rain would come, but no, it cleared up again, Teaving the temperature much more bearable. On Sunday evening it came over cloudy again, but this time with a varying wind, which made it 2 little more hopeful that at last the rain would come, and this it did at shortly after nine o'clock, and there was a steady downpour during the night. To-day is still overcast, and Jshowery, but there are signs of it clearing up. We could do with about Jone week of steady rain to replace the damage already done to the crops.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.