HEAT WAVE IN ENGLAND
A PROLONGED SUIWfiiJEh. PHENO M ENA LOCCU RR EN C ES. (Australian and N.Z. Gallic Assn.) LONDON, October 8. Received October !). ■>■■> p.m. The effect of the. heal wave is the cancellation of to-morrow’s Rugby mulches in London, due to hardness cu the ground. The foundations of Ft. Norman’s Church at llpwnod, famous as the burial place of members of the Crom well family, sank, causing wall fractures. The walls of London houses are cracking. Several prominent, racehorses have been vvithdarwn from autumn events because it is impossible Lo train (hern on the hard ground. Londoners arc tiring of the oppressive and prolonged summer. Hopes of cooler weather are raised by reports of floods and storms in Scotland. The Scilly Isles reports phenomenal heat. RECORD HEAT IN PARIS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) PARIS, October 8. The temporalurc has broken the record standing since 1757.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14772, 11 October 1921, Page 2
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