THE HEAT WAVE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14715, 24 December 1909, Page 7

THE HEAT WAVE.

CENTRAL OTAGO EXPERIENCES.' v : (Fiioii Our Own Corrkspondent.) "..';:.' CROMWELL, December 23. '; Hie weather is exceptionally warm,"': being'the hottest experienced, here for ' several years past. ,*r ''' : v ALEXANDRA S., December 23. ' v A great heat wave is bcinj; experienced throughout Central Otago this week, and ■ the weather is exceptionally dry. Yester- •' day tho thermometer registered lOldeg in ■•' tho shade, and to-day is.equally as'hot. "' = Uio'heat is very'oppressive -and almost'' unbearable, and there is no immediate sigh "'' of change Under the rays of the sin tfio ' f ' crops will suffer, and unless rain falls soba'« tho result will be disastrous to aTicul- '\< lunste. Owing to the i? reat heat the fruit is now ripening quickly, peaches and ■ apricots being marketable, and in tio course of a few days there will be abW. anco of ripe fruit. ROXBURGH, December 23. '■ Terribly hot weather has been expertcnoed hero during tho fast two days. At ' : 10.30 a.m. yesterday the thermometer re- ') gistered 132deg in the sun, and at 6 o'clock in tho shade it stood at 90dcg. , Tuesday was nearly as hot, and there is-J every appearance of to-day being as warm. The fruit is coming in with a rush,'ami is fully a fortnjight earlier than usual. ' The grass is golfing dried up, and the '- creeks, are running low.