The race course drained off in a surprisingly short length of time and was available for the usual group of Jearly morning golfers on October 15, Later in the day the goliers were reinforced by the lawn bowls Uechards and in the "afternoon the cricket club grounds resounded to the click of Ball "against bat as a friendly match got underway.
Areas in the Western District, remained at the usual high-water mark. the floods obstinately "refusing to Fecede one inch. "Hardoon Road and Surrounding "districts were. under water to a depth of at least two foot and not an inch of dry. road. surface was visible at the intersection of Rue Cardinal Mercier and Rue Bourgeat. Much confusion reigned in this fatter district on Saturday night. os opera-goers slipped and' stumbled their dripping way into the Lyceum Theatre. "Across the street in the French Club there was a famine in progress as the flood waters invadea the kitchens and curtailed cooking Public Nulsances With the appearance of the floods in Shanghai streets two of the city's foremost groups of public nuisances, motorist-splashers and small-boy~ Splashers, came into their own. Each group vied with the other in an effort
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