SPECTRE OF DROUGHT.
CAN IT BE PREDICTED? <DT TELMRAPK—NIE3S ASSOCIATION—COPrEIOHT.) ■ ■ ; , (Rec. January 8, . 0.30 a.m.) Molbourno, January 7. Mr.' Griffiths, Aoting-Federal Meteoro- ■ ' logist, : said it was not known why. Mr. - Clement Wraggo i had issued a prediction of a big drought in Australia. Tbo probability ' was that the statement was based on a supposed connection. between tho state of . tho Buii' and the weather conditions of the earth.. Scientists, • Mr. Griffiths added, Vv'oro ■ ■ divided on the/ point. There wa3 .no justification for assuming that such a connection is established. Australian ] records do not v furnish any indication of a coming drought in Australia.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 400, 8 January 1909, Page 5
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103SPECTRE OF DROUGHT. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 400, 8 January 1909, Page 5
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