RADIO AND RAIN

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10230, 8 January 1927, Page 7

RADIO AND RAIN

AUCKLANDER’S THEORY OF

WET WEATHER

GOVERNMENT SHOULD STEP .IN.”

(Special to the Times.) AUCKLAND, Jan. 7

“More rain, of course there’s more rain, and there’ll be a jolly sight more until our thick-headed Government stops these radio- cranks upsetting the atmosphere” said a peppery old gentleman who broke forth in a ’bus to-day. He volunteered no further information on the subject, and not a few of the faces of his fellow passengers lit up with a smile. His theory is briefly explained. Never before at this time of the year has Auckland experienced such consistently inclement weather as has prevailed during the past few weeks. Can this unusual and decidedly unpleasant state of affairs be attributed to an abnormal increase in radio activity? If so, “something will have to be done.” Listening to IYA on a crystal or picking up Australia on a powerful valve set may be all very well in its way, hut if this means that the whole of the population is going to be under an incessant drizzle tor the rest of their lives, then in the opinion of the weather disgruntled resident, all radio sets should he confiscated to make a bon-fire that will put Vesuvius in the shade.