A HEAT WAVE.
DROUGHT IN NEW SOUTH
WALES.
GLOOMY PROSPECTS, Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.
Sydney, January 15. A HUGE heat wave has swept over the colony since Thursday, the thermometer having averaged 102 in the shade in Sydney.
Slight rain is now falling in Sydney and in the Southern districts.
The heat and drought are again causing considerable anxiety throughout the colony.
At Canowindra, in the Bathurst district, there i 3 great scarcity of water, which is being carted from a distance of eight miles to supply the wants of the town.
At Casino, on the Richmond River, New England district, the maize crop is beginning to wither, and millions of insects are attacking the stalks. A much-dreaded blight is feared unless copious rains fall immediately.
Intense heat is being experienced throughout the New England district, especially at Inverell.
The prospect is again becoming most serious for agriculturists and runholders of the colony.
.Brisbane, January 15. The drought is breaking up in many districts.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9262, 16 January 1889, Page 5
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