HEAT IN 'AUSTRALIA.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1355, 5 February 1912, Page 6

HEAT IN 'AUSTRALIA.

HIGH READINGS. ; LETTER-CARRIERS AFFECTED RAILWAYMEN UNFIT FOR DUTY. By Tclezraph-Press Asßociation-Copyrlsht . (Rec. February J, 5.5 p.m.) '{. ,_.-..,. . .Sydney, February, i. The heat wave is unbroken, the-ther-mometer being at 103 in the city yesterday. ■• Heavy smoke from bush fires adds to tho. discomfort. Eighteen letter-carriers are prostrated and.many railway employee's are reported unfit for duty owing to tho heat. Thero jdlc in variius- occupations i'orj.'a similar i'ieason.' V■HOT IN NEW SOUTH WALES. .- Sydney, February 3. Tho long spell of exceptionally - hot, try, weather remains unbroken. Thero have been many very high readings of the- thermometers in the interior.

]■■ DESTRUCTIVE FIRES: "- . , Melbourne, February 3. . Tho heat.,is intensp and tho seashore for miles is lined with residents sleeping out. Destructive fires are reported from the Daudcnong R-angos and other districts. Four houses have been destroyed at Sunshine. RECORD BUSH FIRES. Adelaide, February 3. i'ho heat wave continues. Tho temperature is US degrees in the city. Tho confectioners havo closnl their shops, as it is too hot to work. .. THo bush' fire 3 on tho hills are the worst for twenty years. There has beon widespread destruction. A number of residences and many orchards have beon destroyed and beauty spats devastated. DENSE SMOKE IN TASMANIA. Hobart, February 3. At Launceston the thermometer registered 101 degrees, the highest since 1006. The ccmntry is enveloped in dense nmoke, there being bush fires in all directions.