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Sat 25 Apr 1908 - Nepean Times (Penrith, NSW : 1882 - 1962)
Page 2 - THE WEATHER.
. THB,WBATHBB.
£b the Editor of theNepean HHmkti £
• Sir,~Do^titleBa ' ytia and ' %iauy
others have heard that I olaim to
have been the first and only person
to have publioly indicated, in print,
the likelihood of the return of the
df'eadfol drought of 1887 8 9, and ,
complete reposition thereof in the
yeara, 1894 5-6. Ib commonoodin
March, 1891. In. support of that,
statement I now beg to enclose a
clipping from the ' Scrutineer/,
published at Moea Vale,'in 1888 (six
years before the drought commonood),
and at that timo edited by Mr
MoOonrt (the presont Speaker of the
Legislative ABBombly). This drought,
aB offlomlly stated, really eommenoed
in March,. 1895,rand oontinned on till
1890-7, ,and np to^tho presont year.
It has Uofc oompletoly gone yet, bat.
will (if weather history is repoated)
receive & grpQt break about two yeara
benoe, oay, about 1910, and which
period. would also fprm a repetition
of the groat rain J that;: caused the big
histbirio flood at' d-ao'dagdi in 1852
and rose the water-lovol of Lako,
George some eight or ten feet—a faoi
anffioiept of itaolf to indicate the,,
enormous rainfalls of about that time,
i.b., QooordinK to' bffloial rooord8. eto.
—Yours, oto,
F R WlIiOHIBBI. "
Penrith, April 10,1'0O8.
(Tbb clipping referred to appeared
in.onr issue of 18th April, with tothor
lotiioraby (be some Writer;] :