HEAT WAVE.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, Jan. 3. Yesterday was tho hottest day west of tho mountains this summer. Tho thermometer ranged to 102 at Bathurst to 116 at Bourke. The intense boat in tho Clarence river district is affecting tho maize severely. Whole fields are scorched, and will be destroyed unless rain soon comes. The hulk of the early maize will bo destroyed. Received Jan. 3, 6.35 p.m. Tho heat in tho interior is unabatod Many records are well over 100. Mount Drysdala showod 122, Baradiue 120, Brewarrina 119, Kompsey 118-
GOODOOGA PUTS UP A RECORD. 123 IN THE SHADE ! - By Telegraph—Press ABsooiation—Copyright Sydnoy, Jan. 4. Goodooga yosterday put up a heat record, 123. Bourke went up to 1211. A cyclono in tho evening destroyed a number of houses, and also unroofed many others. It did considerable other damage. A fall in the thermometor was followed by thunderstorms in other places, which eased tho situation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 710, 5 January 1903, Page 2
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156HEAT WAVE. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 710, 5 January 1903, Page 2
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