METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2187, 27 June 1914, Page 5

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS

. .MR. D. C. BATES IN AUSTRALIA. . i Mr.'D. C. Bates, Government Meteorologist, -who has'been attending a con- , ference of'meteorologists in Sydney, returned.to Wellington yesterday, via the south; by the Uliniaroa. Whilst , in Australia ho investigated fully the manner v in which the work in which he is particularly interested is conducted. Ho. also consulted the ■ Commonwealth authorities on a number, of important matters, which would be dealt with in a repcrt'he was about to submit to the Minister. The Commonwealth Government was doing a great deal of practical work -of immense, service to theirural .population of Australia, and'large staffs were employed, in ( shifts to.; maintain a system of cqntimial obseryaiipm and in reporting thereon,- and ; ,,onc could ,seo • how valuable these reports, were by the . crowds of people who could be .seen daily reading them in the' vestibules of tho Post Offices of Melbourne and Sydney.' In that respect the- cabled renorts of . the weather conditions from New Zealand had been found to, be an. important asset to Australia. " '. ■ f pr. Mill. Director of the British Rainfall Organisation, incommenting on the • work done in New Zealand, bod expressed* astonishment at what was being done with the means available. He expressed the hope that the Government would seo its way to ensure that the Department. : is kept up to date, but_ could .hardly promise any groat achievements without , incurring some little expense. The Mawson Expedition had done valuable work Jn; throwing light upon the weather conditions of our oceanic surroundings, and ne hoped that some flrranpempnt could be.arrived at which will me.in.the maintenance of n .wireless station at Macquarie Island. v ■''