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THE RECENT HEAT WAVE. HOTTEST DAY EVER RECORDED

IN CALCUTTA.:

The Englishman of June 14th says Calcutta on Tuesday but a unique ex perience for the time of year. The city had been looking forward with the greatest in- patience to the arrival of the monsoon, but while the preceding days had been dry and opperienced

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Tuesday morning opened bright and sungy and the low clouds about had entirely dis

the next seven hourg by 10a.m. For persed apless sky. ****

sun blazed down over the city out of refreshing breezes of the early morning turned to fiery blasts and temperature mounted up" with great The streets became gradually deserted und those who were obliged to be at 67,

it was like passing doors remarked that

tha

of

through a fiery

cry farnace. In the afternoon the thermometer at Alipore no to 107.8, while nt St. Xavier's College in Park Strest was recorded the highest temperature known there since the records began 65 years ago, namely 110.3.

Father Francotte, interviewed regarding the heat wave, was not reassuring. He said that unless the wind shifted the temperatura was likely to go still higher. In any case ho did not expect any rain before Satur- will be seen from the table published

MANCHURIA RAILWAY below temperatures of over 100 are extremely

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rare in June. Calcutta's hottest north being April. The hottes: June

on rose

tlu

18th

general known was Joue 1905 when Elle 200y's maximum

It

107.4.

bow. ever, beat this and all other

Test may be

be pointed out that the

recorded at Alipore was ture ever, temperature 100. It was, therefore, not the hottest day over recorded at Alipore. But so far as Caleatta proper was concerned it was the The following records taken. from Father worst day ever experienced. Francott's magnum opus-Meteorological Observations ut St. Xavier's College-give the highest yearly temperature from 1003 to 1917 when the book was sent to press

April 27, 1903... April 3, 1901... June 10, 1905..

100,0

*102.9"

107.4

April 11, 1903...

1073

104.5

1903...

JOH

May

1900...

00,0

100.4

May 5, 1912.

25, 1011

102.7

102.0

April 24, 1913

107.3

June 4, 1914.

29.4

May 2, 1910

April 17, 2016

104.4

107.4

April 23, 1017.

104.8

LONDON'S NEW ROADWAYS.

ould

1 MILES IN CONSTRUCTION. The new arterial roads in course of construction round Londen were described in illustrated lecture at the House, of Commons on June 5th by Major C. EL. of Brassey, Chief Engineer to the Ministry

d in the Transport. The total length of schemes in hand he stater, 141 miles, and after the completion of these roads there remain thirty-six miles to be under- taken before the end of the programme way reached. The work under the direct control of the Ministry of Transport was estimated to cost £5,128,735, while sections under- the total taken by local authorities brought up to £9,160813, of which about half had bзen spent

ent by March 31st last. On some of the projects work is in sight for another two years. Employment has been without provided for about 30,000 men,

trades stimulated counting those engaged in by these enterprises.

In thanking the lecturer, Colonel Ashley

described the (Parliamentary Secretary) and around Lon- don as both intricate and pressing. His own feeling was that the new ronds were not only urgently necessary, but that much more would have to be done. He looked forward in the near future to an enormous increase in the number of vehicles using the roads, and in twenty years' time the present road. in and out of London getting would probably be so insuficient as to be useless. The problem would have to be faced by the Ministry, with the support of bers of the House. Colonel Ashley also men- tioned that the Ministry was conferring

facilities for

:

mem-

with the Metropolitan Folice as to means of facilitating the internal traie of London!

£1,000,000

HUNT.

WRECKED "EGYPT" LOCATED BY SALVAGE EXPEDITIONS

From a report recently received at Lloyd's it is believed that the wreck of the P. and O liner Egypt, which foundered after collision off Ushant in May last year, has been located by

the salvage expedition which has been equipped to recover the specie in the Jost liner.

The report states that the preparation the necessary appliances for salving the specie will now be put in hand, though it is anticipated that it will be some time before the will be ready.

When tde Egypt sank she had on board about 21,003,00 in spezie, the insurance ofhich was largely placed at Lloyd's At first the loss was considered irrecoYBE able, but in March this year a Swedish engineer came forward with a plan to locate the wreck and calve the treasure.

Secrecy has

been

as to the sal and methods to be

theo vage

TRRIORS ries have been advanced, but none has any claim to authenticity."

This much is certain, however, the salvors have infinite faith in their ultimate success, for they have made their contract on the

no cure, no pay" basis.

It is announced that from June 4th the proprietora of The Daily Telegraph and The Times are reluctantly compelled to raise the price of their respective news papers to two-penco-in consequence of the higher cost of production.

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