Members of the Selwyn Plantation Board, Christchurch, were discussing on Monday the damage caused to trees by drought conditions, and one of them suggested that the board should pray for rain to check further destruction. Mr. R. Nairn said that lie was prompted by the remarks to tell a story which seemed relevant. An old West Coaster, who came to live in Lyttelton, used to recall the famous, or notorious, drought on the Coast in the ’sixties. The position became serious, with no water to work the gold diggings. It was decided to hold a day of prayer throughout the Coast. They prayed On the evening of the day of prayer rain began to fall and fell continuously for seventy days. After that, the Coasters determined never again to interfere with an act of Providence.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 108, 31 January 1935, Page 11
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135Untitled Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 108, 31 January 1935, Page 11
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