Perry Again Beats Vines

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 36, 12 February 1937, Page 6

Perry Again Beats Vines

: STEADINESS VERSUS ERRATIC BRILLIANCE. United Press Association—Bv Electric Telegraph. —Co py ngh t. Received Thursday, Midnight. NEW YORK, Feb. 11. At Houston, Texas, Perry outlasted • Vines to win 11—9, 2—o, 6—2, before 3000 spectators. Vines' play was brilliant but erratic and Perry's steady game gradually wore down the Araeri- , manifestly, not be published by any self-respecting paper. I admit that prayers for rain have usually failed in Australia. The main, if not the sole, cause is that only a limited number join in the prayers, and they fail for the same reason that a .lady who desired to cross the street at a certain time could not do so because she was afraid of getting knocked down by a passing vekiciel The athlete who fears that he is not as good as his opponent is sure to be beaten uulcss greater fear is manifested by his opponent. 1 have been studying weather problems in Canterbury for 50 years. At one time 1 listened to astronomers, but to-day I cannot tolerate pessimistic forecasts for uudesirabie conditions which in many ins/tauces have no real cause for existence except in the contagious fears and imaginations of selfconstituted authorities. Ail undesirable conditions are products of fear and ignorance. The meteorologist finds the nucleus of a storm approaching. He then broadcasts the news sufficiently in advance so that tho fears of the people create the very conditions they do not want, and, that after it passes, they, instead of censuring their bad-weather prophet, congratulate him on the accuracy of his forecast. (The delinquent has occasionally been myself. It will not intentionally occur again). This being primarily a dairying district demands plenty of rain. This city would, in less than a decade, die of inanition if our average annual rainfall did not exceed that of Canterbury's 24 inches. Wind also is an essential to health generally, and so long as its force is not destructive, it, like a refreshig shower, is welcomed although at times it is inconvenient. With your permission, sir, and the aid of your influential paper, 1 purpose 10 try and educate your readers in the system of weather control, to be applied for the benefit of this community whose settlers are too frequently harassed by untimely weather conditions. It must be recognised, however, that my time and your space is limited and the talk can not be accomplished in one hit. Just imagine the confusion and accidents which would occur it no rule of the road existed, then think of the confusion and accidents which, happen every year owing to lack of organised rules of thought, ttorne are demanding sunshine and others rain simultaneously, and very few know what conditions to expect a few hours later. 1 Know from experience that more equable weather is possible aud practicable, and, in spite Of much stupid opposition, the weather in this province is shortly to bo improved m comparison with other dis tricts whose residents continue to idle fcnd grumble, aud expect the fcStat© to help those who refuse to help themselves. In my next letter J hope to outline, as briefly as possible, practical methods of procedure. The chief deterrent is the fact that there will be no capital required, and no money to handle except as the result of a little concentrated right-thinking which ensures a bountiful harvest und better returns.—l fim, etc., C. H. MASON. Palmerston North, Feb. 10, 1937.