COLD WEATHER IN SYDNEY
76 YEAR OLD RECORD BROKEN Gtee. 9 pjn.) SYDNEY, July 18. Sydney is experiencing the coldest feather it has had for years. Very hght snow fell in the city yesterday, and rain and hail were reported in a °* the suburbs. With the maximum temperature 49 degrees at 11.50 a.m. yesterday, it was the coldest day in Sydney for 76 years. At 1030 p.m. the temperature was C °'rL n a ® a * n to 43.5 degrees. The day was the third coldest since tne taking of records began in 1859. 1-« l, cwes t maximum temperature was degrees, recorded on July 19, 1868. Keen southerly winds and driving limited the attendances at sportt l Vents yesterday. uenza casualties are mounting, up to 40 per cent, of the children nave been absent from some schools Jhis month. The previous influenza Y as earl V in June, when it was "rjunated that 150.000 people were unto work.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25550, 19 July 1948, Page 3
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