INLAND WEATHER STATIONS.
Suggestions that the Marine Deparin ment should establish- more •"inland meteorological stations so that information of value to farmers might " be secured were made in the House of Representatives by Mr. T. D. Burnett (Temuka) yesterday. Mr. Burnett mentioned the need for a station in Central Otago, another at the Mount C*ok Hermitage, and a third at Lake Coleridge. The Hon. G. J. Anderson replied that the needs of the Marine Department were met by r the stations on tho coast, but he could quite see the value of inland stations to the farmer. He suggested that Mr. Burnett should collaborate with, other members interested, and then put Before him the positions at which it was thought desirable to establish stations. He would have to have aD assurance, too, that there were people willing to attend to the instruments daily,.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 91, 14 October 1922, Page 7
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143INLAND WEATHER STATIONS. Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 91, 14 October 1922, Page 7
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