NO SIGN OF RAIN.
Heat Wave Adds to England's Drought Worries. HEATH FIRE ON KING'S ESTATE LONDON, June 18. A heat wave is being experienced in southern England. The temperature is 87 degrees in the shade. There is no sign of the long drought breaking. There are numerous heath fires, including one on the King's estate at Sandringliam. Sandringham House is not in danger. The King has often shot in the wood, where the flames are now sometimes 50ft high. The newspapers are calling for emergency measures to deal with the water shortage. They suggest mobilising the Army Medical Corps in order to deal with possible epidemics and urge the purification of ponds and streams contaminated as a result of the drought.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 143, 19 June 1934, Page 7
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122NO SIGN OF RAIN. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 143, 19 June 1934, Page 7
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