With an obvious determination that inno. spot in the world will any resident be able to say with mor justice, "the weather Is unusui Shanghai has continued its freakish summer with a burst of heat at a time when, normally, relief and the first refreshing coolness of autumn may be expected.
This city cannot, however, lay claim to the only freakishness, for from other parts of China come reports of hail storms and early winter weather t is causing a frantic rush for heavy clothing, while the lower Yangtze valley swelters.
The last half of September, usually the period which begins the most Jdelightfut season of the year in these lo arts, started in the expected fashion, ithe temperature dropping steadily from 89.1 degrees Fahrenheit on [September 16, to 18 degrees [September 22.' For no apparent rea-then rose sharply and continued to do so with the exception jot one day, September 27, when an astonishing drop to 75.2 degrees was recorded. This raised entirely false hopes, as it turned out, for the temperature on September 28 showed a rise of 13.3 degrees in the 24 hours ro 885, and each succeeding day has jshown'a slight increase over that. Agure until yesterday showed only 4 degrees from 90. The average for the fifteen days is no less "than
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