HEAT WAVE
HIGH TEMPERATURES IN AUSTRALIA BIRDS DROP TO THE GROUND Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 20. (Received January 20, at 11 a.m.) The heat in parts of South Australia is so intense that birds fell to the ground dead, horses dropped unoonschpus. and dangerous bush fires were controlled with difficulty. The heat wave persisted' throughout South Australia and southern New South Wales, but. cooler conditions prevailed in Victoria. For the sixth successive day the temperature in Adelaide was over lOOdeg. Yesterday it was 104 deg, and Thursday 108 deg. The Loxton district registered 117 deg. Melbourne on Thursday recorded 107 deg, but yesterday the temperature fell to 75deg. Registrations around lOOdeg were almost general in the southern districts of New South Wales.
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Evening Star, Issue 21624, 20 January 1934, Page 13
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124HEAT WAVE Evening Star, Issue 21624, 20 January 1934, Page 13
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