RED RAIN
DR. KIDSON’S VIEWS.
(By Telegraph—Press Association).
WELLINGTON, November 30.
Dr Kidson considers the red rain reported from Nelson and Blenheim was caused by dust from Australia. The prevailing winds this week were from that direction and a similar occurrence last year was directly traced to it. The idea that it was caused by a thunderbolt is impossible, but it is well known that if dust is suspended in the atmosphere in large quantities, it does cause bad thunderstorms. He says it is estimated that at least 100,000 tons of Australian soil found its way to New Zealand last year, but the only previous instance recorded was ns far back as 1902.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1929, Page 5
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