Tokyo, July 16.
Tokyo and neighbourhood shivered to-day while a cold drizzling rain continued to fall with monotonous regularity for its fourth day, Summer clothing was abandoned for heavier and darker spring and autumn garments while seaside be ches and! swimming pools were 4 Concession operators and hotel owners at various resorts. saw their early profits gradually dwindling as the Central. Meteorological Obs Vatory predicted similar weather Drobably until the end of the month, Approximately $00 houses are under water in Changchun, hundreds have collapsed while more than 8,000 persons are homeless. Forty per cent. of the cultivated area in north Man-coliuria is inundated, Jinundating the township of Tealtsaoemployees at Imienpu are and southward The rains, however, have ceased! and conditions have generally improved—Reuter, passengers from the south who were due to arrive and depart this morning Sungari Still Ristog CER, Not Suspended Harbin, July 11.
With the Sungart River still rising, many merchants in the Pristan and Fuchiatien districts are trying to obtain insurance to cover the risk fof foud, but so far, no insurance company has agreed to issue such policies.
"The Lalinho River showed a record ise to-day of 76 inches in 24 hours, 'The Shanghai Commercial Agency of the Chinese Eastern Railway informs the "North-China Herald" that' telegraphic. information has been received from the railway's head office to the effect that, contrary to a Reuter report that trafic had been -suspended on ac= count of the floods in Manchuria, the service has not been interrupted.
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