Chattering teeth and luminous noses were the order of the day in Shanghai yesterday—a day of bitterly cold winds following the recent warm weather—and fi overcoats and mufflers made their re-appearance to mark the advent of winter, which began officially last Tuesday although its presence had not been felt until Friday evening and yesterday.
Perhaps the people to suffer ost from the sudden appearance of wu conditions were the regular racebocrs, who had been blessed throughout the week with fine sunny weather savouring more of early autumn than of winter. Yesterday, however, conditions changed with a vengeance and members of the large crowd present at the final races of the Autumn meeting were obliged to resort to the old habits of stamping feet and rubbing hands to restore a little lost warmth to their bodies. The same conditions applied to all of Shanghai's outdoor sports yesterday, but in spite of the cold, large crowds were present at the various football, hockey and rugby matches in the city.
Temperature readings taken at Holy Trinity Cathedral at 7 p.m. yesterday gave some indication of the rapid fall, which commenced on the previous evening. The minimum temperature for the twenty four hours from 7 p.m. on Friday to 7 pum. yesterday was 385 as compared with 54 for the previous twenty-four hours. The maximum. was 57, which was 10 degrees colder than the reading taken on Thursdsy.
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