AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.
HEAT WAVE IN N.S.W. Sydney, October 23. A heat wave has been experienced during the past three days. In many of the country towns the temperature has been over 100 degrees, and, the highest 107. In the city the tern-' perature was 88, the highest for the season. SERIOUS ANXIETY. Sydney, October 23. The heat wave is causing serious anxiety to wheat growers. (Received .21, 8.30 a.m.) Sydney, October 24. The Government Statist forecasts that the New South Wales wheat wop will Re between twenty-one and twenty-two million bushels, at least two or three bushels below last year’s average. With a timely rainfall the ■»stimate will be considerably enhanced ; on the other hand a continuance of dry weather will increase the risk of a general failure of the crop.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 59, 24 October 1911, Page 5
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132AN UNWELCOME VISITOR. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 59, 24 October 1911, Page 5
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