THE DROUGHT PROPHECY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 417, 28 January 1909, Page 2

THE DROUGHT PROPHECY.

v Australians apparently; do. not - Hko Mr. Clement Wragge s innlcinpiit prophecyai ' droughts, "The Pastoralists' Review" says? — friend :Mr. Wragge'Jhas. been; pre- ' ■ dieting the.contrary; : Ho states that wo are in for another drought cycle, and the; bad ■season has yet to come, with, the rainfall decreasing ,in each year. IVhat 'basis Mr. . Wragge works upon, .whether' it is cyclic - or; sun-spotty, is not clear, but the suggestion, has been made; that -Mr. • W ragge,•' who has -a gHeyance against Australia, may have*, been' v. looking at it ; '. a yellow" which' ■,■ gave tho Contincnt a jauiidiced appearance in his. eyes,v.and .'m'ade, him. pessimistic. •. At\ > any'.rate, .it to knowi-thot the •Meteorological Department, which- now- ap- -. pears to bo . doing excellent'. work, and pro- ; • bably has more, material .to:workon tnanlie,- does not agree with him, and so far . ' there is nothing to warrant any alarm which- ' •might be caused by Mr. 1 .Wragge's prognostications.lt; is a pity, that ho should go out' ■ of . his way: to make a prediction "which" can.W only do harm, and can do 110 good, even if it lie correct, as years only can prove it! ' truth or otherwise, and no preventivo stepl can bo taken any way."