Few rickshaws were seen, and the Country Hospital, Victoria' Nursing Home and the many houses for 3 quarter of a mile around were completely isolated, Motor' lorries lat fered through without much trouble, their engines being much higher out of the water. Noticeable was. the fact that most of the stalled cars were the latest type, the fine "streamming" in front apparently acting as a splendid guide for the water from road to carburetter, Driving, 100, counted for a lot, for whereas a few luxurious, large sedans were seen to shudder to a standstill, a baby two-seater car, driven by a young American lady, sped past, with Wheels spinning, to apparently make a non-stop passage, despite small Wheel-base and tiny' engine, Great Western Road was flooded to a varying degree for the greater part of "its length and so was Vu Yuen 'Road, particularly In front of the Public Schools there, 'One could only be sure of a dry' passage by boarding the top of a double-decker "bus and even' then, the sight of several stalled motor ears and more: lorries was not very re-assuring. Many of the shops on the north side of the road, near St. George's, were flooded out, bags of mud being rapidly Afier having had several of rheic vehicles stalled through too close a contact. with the floods, operators hire cars yesterday afternoon began fo choose. their customers. Those living oF stranded in houses in the worst-flooded areas found that the hire ears were refusing to run the risk of coming to another standstill, The companies refused to send cars out to houses in the Mooded areas, and rickshaw trifle, at premium, rates, was the only solution What of Today?
In view of the fact that yesterday's JNoods occurred after Siccawei Observatory had predicted "overcast, with still "some rain or drizzle, bright! Intervals." the" prospect for today does not' seem very encouraging. for the forecast at 430 p.m. yesterday "Rain or drizzle and south-westerly to northwesterly breezes over our regions. Local rain and fogs over the Yellow and Eastern. Sea,"
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