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  2. THE WEATHER. A MEMORABLE DAY IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,084 words
  3. THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.

    The British Government continues to make preparations with the view of having both the Army and Navy in a state of readiness should any trouble arise. ...

    Article : 146 words
  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Committce upon Foroign Affairs, appointed by the United States Senate, has had under consideration the difficulty between Great Britain and America in ...

    Article : 72 words
  5. TRANSVAAL CRISIS. SEIZURE OF CARTRIDGES.

    The latestnews from South Africa states that the Transvaal Customs authorities have seized a safe consigned to an agitator on the Rand. The case was full of ...

    Article : 131 words
  6. PECULIARITY OF THE PRESENT WEATHER.

    Mr. Russell last night said that there was one feature which had not perhaps been noticed— namely, that these usually hot nor'-westers were almost immediately followed by ...

    Article : 509 words
  7. CASE OF SUNSTROKE.

    Yesterday was exceedingly hot, the heat continuing all night, while to-day is hotter still, 113° being registered in the post office. An elderly man named Arthur Hassett, a director in the ...

    Article : 63 words
  8. EFFECT OF THE HEAT ON COMMERCE.

    Merchants' attention was diverted yesterday from the ordinary channels of routine commercial life. There was another ever-present desire which seemed to be everywhere in evidence—the desire to ...

    Article : 158 words
  9. SELECTORS BURNT OUT.

    Thunderclouds gather daily here without discharging their contents. To-day the temperature has been 110° in the shade. A number of selectors have been burnt out at Bongongo, 21 miles from ...

    Article : 62 words
  10. ENGLAND AND FRANCE

    It was recently announced that Great Britain had occupied Mongsin in the state of Kiang Hung, a portion of the territiry which, it is held, was unjustifiably ...

    Article : 66 words
  11. A CHILD DROWNED.

    About 9 o'clook last night when the southerly wind sprung up, a strong gust struck a boat which was being rowed by a man to Balmain. His wife and child were in the boat at the time. ...

    Article : 127 words
  12. THE DEMAND FOR "SOFT" DRINKS.

    The demand for cool " soft " drinks during the day kept all the refreshment shops in the city fully employed. In fact most of them by noon had sold out of mills, and were unable during the afternoon ...

    Article : 182 words
  13. DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF THE DROUGHT.

    The thermometer in the shade to-day registered 111°. During the last 16 years the temperature has never reached 100°. The effects of the protracted drought are very disastrous to the farmers ...

    Article : 97 words
  14. THE FIGHT AT KRUGERSDORP.

    Further particulars have been received of the fighting which took place between Dr. Jameson's force and the Beers at Krugersdorp. ...

    Article : 136 words
  15. DEATH OF THE PRIMATE OF IRELAND.

    The death is announced of the Most Rev. Robert Samuel Gregg, D.D., Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland. ...

    Article : 119 words
  16. QUEENSLAND.

    A letter has been forwarded to the Brisbane Municipal Council by Messrs. Unmack and Fox, solicitors, on behalf of a company of Brisbane gentlemen, asking for the preliminary approval of ...

    Article : 224 words
  17. DEATH FROM SUNSTROKE AT BALMAIN.

    A death occurred yesterday afternoon at Balmain through the abnormal heat, the victim being Mr. Duggle M'Lachlan, aged about 52 years, residing in Beattie-st, Balmain. Mr. ...

    Article : 122 words
  18. SUDDEN DEATH FROM HEAT.

    The heat during the past two days has been excessive. Yesterday the thermometer recorded 110°, and to day 108°. A young man named John M'Cusker, 26 years ...

    Article : 112 words
  19. CAB AND 'BUS HORSES STRICKEN.

    Several instances were recorded yesterday in which horses driven in cabs and omnibuses were overcome by the heat and fell in the street but so far it does not seem that ...

    Article : 151 words
  20. THE EFFECT UPON THE POSTAL SERVICE.

    A member of our staff called at the Post Office yesterday in order to ascertain whether the work of distributing letters had been interfered with by the unprecedented heat which prevailed. It was ...

    Article : 91 words
  21. HEAVY INFANTILE MORTALITY.

    Terrible heat again prevails. Yesterday the thermometer at the telegraph office registered 105½°. To-day, after a most oppressive night, it recorded at 8.30 a.m. 94°, and during the afternoon ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The steamer Flinders arrived to-day with 100 passengers and 32 horses. 300 passengers arrived by sea sinee Friday. The Water Supply Department is making ...

    Article : 182 words
  23. THE SOUTHERLY BURSTER.

    The burster came on at 6.30 p.m., and at 8.53 p.m. it blew at 53 miles per hour. In the first hour the wind recorded actually 40 miles. When it came on it was hot for some time; then the ...

    Article : 59 words
  24. THE MAXIM GUNS CHOKED.

    Captain Thatchor also states that the Maxim guns belonging to Dr. Jamoson's force became choked, owing to the failure of the water supply. ...

    Article : 30 words
  25. OUTSIDE READINGS OF THE THERMOMETER.

    A correspondent writes to say that in the Haymarket the shade temperatures were:—10.30 a.m., 103°; 11.30 a.m., 106°; 12.30 p.m., 107°;1 o'clock p.m., 108°; 2 o'clock p.m., 109°. ...

    Article : 72 words
  26. YESTERDAY'S HEAT RECORD.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 99 words
  27. REMARKS BY PROFESSOR STUART.

    Professor Anderson Stuart, of the Health Board, was seen by a Herald reporter yesterday evening. He said he did not think the unusual heat called for any comment from him. ...

    Article : 199 words
  28. STOCK DYING.

    The heat was intense, the hottest this summer. It was 110° in the shade. The maize crops are a decided failure, except in the rich alluvial land. Stock of all kinds are dying in great numbers, and ...

    Article : 55 words
  29. LETTER FROM THE QUEEN.

    The Queen has sent an autograph letter to Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in regard to the Transvaal difficulty. ...

    Article : 73 words
  30. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. L. S. Spiller, Commissioner of Income Taxes for New South Wales, left for Sydney to-day by the express. The Commissioner of Lands has returned from ...

    Article : 93 words
  31. THE WEATHER AT THE HEADS.

    Our South Head correspondent reports:—At 9 a.m. to-day the wind changed from N. to N.W., fresh, very hot; the thermometer at the signal station registering at 9.30 90°, gradually ...

    Article : 119 words
  32. DEATH FROM HEAT AT WENTWORTH.

    The terrific heat last week continued till last night, when it gradually cooled down. It is now pleasant, with signs of rain. It has, however, left effects on the township, over which quite a ...

    Article : 171 words
  33. THE FIRE ON THE CINTRA.

    Information from Siddeley and Co. shows that the hull of the Cintra sustuned no damage, and that the etfect of the fire on the internal fittings was less than ...

    Article : 756 words
  34. SOLOMON ISLANDERS IN THE HEAT.

    The men on the Sikiana, from the Solomons, who arrived in harbour yesterday, complained of the great beat. The natives are usually afraid to come to Sydney, saying that the weather is so ...

    Article : 44 words
  35. THE WATER CONSUMPTION.

    The excessive heat of yesterday naturally caused an excessive consumption of water. The exact amount could not be ascertained to 100 gallons, but it is estimated that between 19,000,000 and ...

    Article : 579 words
  36. THE GERMAN WARSHIP KONDOR.

    The German cruiser Kondor, 1580 tons, carrying eight guns, which it was recently announced had been ordered to Delagoa Bay, has arrived at Lorenzo Marques, in ...

    Article : 40 words
  37. CONSUMPTION OF ICE.

    It is hardly necessary to say that yesterday the quantity of ice disposed of by the different ice companies was largely in excess of the amount sold on any other day of the present summer. ...

    Article : 175 words
  38. TASMANIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) LORD AND LADY BRASSEY.

    Lady Brassey and party got to Campania from Parallah by an early train this morning, and cut across the country, via Richmond and Sorell, to Dunlley, where they were met by Lord Brassey ...

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  39. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) GREAT HEAT AT BOURKE.

    The intense heat which prevailed since the beginning of the year continues. The following is the record of heat since the beginning of the year as registered at the local post-office:— ...

    Article : 505 words
  40. THREE DEATHS AT BROKEN HILL.

    Yesterday was most oppressive, and the heat was almost beyond endurance, entailing great suffering, especially on women and children. The register ranged from 100° to 112° in the shade. ...

    Article : 187 words
  41. ARRESTS AT JOHANNESBURG.

    Further arrests are to be made at Johannesburg, at the instance of the Transvaal Government. The arrest of the 22 members of ...

    Article : 141 words
  42. HOT PERIODS ELSEWHERE.

    With a maximum record of 108? in the shade, yesterday was Sydney's worst day in most persons' recollection. But Melbourne can show, not one, but several summers when the highest ...

    Article : 746 words
  43. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET TEAM.

    The Tasmanian team selected for the cricket match against Melbourne from the 26th to the 28th instant, is composed of Bingham, Burn, Butler, Douglas, Eady, Maxwell, Savigney, W. ...

    Article : 268 words
  44. INTERVIEW WITH MR. RUSSELL.

    Mr. Russell on being seen last night by a Herald reporter said that the heat record of this month had exceeded all plot records since the foundation of the Observatory, 38 years ago. On ...

    Article : 383 words
  45. THE WEATHER IN VICTORIA.

    For last week the weather was very sultry, and was generally accompanied by north winds Thursday last may be instanced as severely hot, when the thermometer registered as high as 102° ...

    Article : 177 words
  46. MR. CECIL RHODES.

    Mr. Cecil Rhodes, late Premier of Cape Colony, has arrived at Kimberley. He received an ovation, and delivered a speech, in the course of which he said ...

    Article : 54 words
  47. THE WEATHER IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    During the past eight days the weather had been excessively hot throughout the colony, the highest maximum reading of the thermometer at the Observatory during that time being 107° 3 in ...

    Article : 139 words
  48. ALLEGED PLOT AGAINST THE TRANSVAAL.

    The delegates from the Orange Free State allege that they are in possession of evidence proving the existence of a plot on the part of the ...

    Article : 55 words
  49. DEATHS AND ILLNESS FROM SUN-STROKES IN THE CITY.

    No less than three deaths occurred in Sydney Hospital yesterday from the effects of heat apoplexy, while the total number of persons who were treated at the institution during the day for ...

    Article : 466 words
  50. APPALLING BOATING DISASTER.

    An appalling boating accident, in which 10 persons were drowned, occurred at Kaipara, near Auckland, on Saturday. Eleven people were out on a fishing excursion, when the boat capsized, ...

    Article : 129 words
  51. DEATH FROM HEAT APOPLEXY.

    Intense heat has prevailed since Saturday. Yesterday it was 102° and to-day 104° at the telegraph office. It is believed that this record was exceeded in some parts of the town. Mr. William ...

    Article : 88 words
  52. THE TREATY WITH THE BOERS.

    The Standard states that President Kruger, who is negotiating with Sir Hercules Robinson for a settlement of the present difficulty in the Transvaal, does ...

    Article : 43 words
  53. THE CAUSE OF THE INTENSE HEAT.

    Mr. Russell said that the primary cause is the heating of the interior plains by the sun shining in a clear atmosphere. Under such circumstances the temperature of the soil frequently rises to ...

    Article : 201 words
  54. THE HEAT IN QUEENSLAND.

    The heat-wave prevailing in the Southern colonies han so far not affected Brisbane. The weather for the past month has been extremely warm, the thermometer registering close on 90, ...

    Article : 4,061 words
  55. DISASTROUS BUSH FIRES.

    The heat during the past three days has been intense, the thermometer at the Peninsula Observatory yesterday registering 116° in the shade. To-day the heat reached 119° at the Observatory. ...

    Article : 212 words
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