Show MERCURY REACHES 97 91 DEGREES IN THE SHADE The temperature toda today at 1 1 o lock was was' 9 97 the highest point reached f 4 this year ear with the exception of June 2nd when the mercury mercur registered f 93 degrees i iFor f For August 2nd the hl high h temperature Is 19 far higher than that of ot the f 4 corresponding da day for 1901 when the maximum was 88 SS deg and August f 4 2nd 1900 showed only 83 del deg at nt the warmest hour of the day 4 Director Murdoch of or the weather bureau promises an Improvement 4 In the temperature within the thc next three or four tour days and thinks that f the middle part of or August will lie tre comfortable t- t 1 ti i |