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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 28 October 1907, Page 2

0.-viiii>:»V rain-making experiments are the auujcut of a report by the llev. U. C. Bales, F.U.G.S., l f .R. Met. Soc., who was commissioned by the Government to supervise the attempt to force the, clouds into a good humor by explosives. MiBates was not, of course, responsible'for the rain-making policy. lie states that though he could not share the very sanguine hopes of the promoters of the experiments, he tried his beat to meet their views, and to the utmost of his abilities heartily co-operated with the committee. Kef erring to one occasion when rain arrived, he writes:—"Events were moving in such a manner, that I could forecast a-period of figuration in the near future, The times that are most favorable for rain, fortunately for the district, coincided very nearly with such widespread and abundant rainfalls has not occurred for years, and oil this account, unfortunately for myself, the task of giving conclusive evidence as to cause au\t effect ia the experiments Wiis thereby rendered more difficult. While admitting this, I desiro most clearly to maintain that ill no ease was 1 able to trace sueli effect or success in rain-milking as due to the explosions i:s some of the local residents claimed at the time with considerable assurance." 'l'lie meteoroligist could not agree with the view of the enthusiasts who maintained that the detonation of dynamite and guncottnn had assisted in bringing showers. The report gives a good deal of information about the period of the drought, and comparisons with other years are quoted. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure icr ;onghs and Colds never fails. Is 6d and 2s 6(1, Baby linen, including robes, squares, fwaithes, bands, and long and short slips, are being opened up at White and Sons to-day. The variety of prices shown gives anyone all the choice the most fastidious require of tasty, useful 1 articles ftr'the little on?.—Mvt,