HEAT WAVE
IN PLEASANT CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, December 18. South Australia, Victoria and the inland districts of New South Wales, are now in the grip of a heat wave. The temperatures in excess of 100 degrees are numerous in this State. The highest reading was at White Cliffs, where 112 degrees were recorded. The highest recording in Victoria was at Red Cliffs, 116 degrees. Blinding dust storms occurred in the Mallee and Wimmera districts, while at Donald much damage was done by a cyclone, roofs of verandahs being blown away, trees uprooted and fences flattened. Adelaide’s temperature was 101 degrees, wliile Renmark registered 112. Houses were unroofed and sheds and telephone poles blown down by a gale at Booleroo. Port Germain and Laura. In other northern towns business was suspended owing to the storm and darkness caused by clouds of dust.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19986, 19 December 1934, Page 7
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147HEAT WAVE Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19986, 19 December 1934, Page 7
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