The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1912. UNKNOWN AND THE WEATHER.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 February 1912, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1912. UNKNOWN AND THE WEATHER.

Astkonojiy, always a faecinating and awe-inspiring subject, is in these days rtjceiving from various compei'l'tn i) a decree of attention, ai;d a clarify (if printed detail and dos'-fip'. ;oii, which dues much to popuJai'i.-o Lliis great study. Amongst the next ai.d most nnbia.sexl of pi'r>cMt day wriici'.-- upon Hut, ,-,ub,joci i-f' kon i-'nc, Kev. 1\ W. Kairvi hoM 1 well-written liSlroiiMiiucal arc a feature of some frio'itiici 11 nc'.v&papei-s. In last \\ winestlay » Evening News ho discoursed, •unionist more etiierial tiling, iip..'i Ltie ii: (.•cutting subject <>l' "i.iio sca.-oii," and made reference to some popular delusions. February is supposed i-o be the hottest month in the year," lie observed, hecuu.>r iiutii the middle of it the hemisphere continues to receivo more heat Iron; the .sun than it gives oil. .So long as that is the.

eaise tin 1 temperature rises. Some time in Ke-bruary the climax is reached, and (he expenditure becomes greater thtm the income. This year, in many places in New Zealand, February will require to bo very hot indeed if it is going to make up the average. Our peculiar Ki'nsou illustrates the fallacy of some popular saying. Hie climate is changing, is one of those sayings, look what a. dry season we have been having."' In aa in-uiar euuntry like X «w Zealand, it' We lake a sufficioMl r,i:mbci- of veaih. we find the average of rainfall and of lemperatnn> is maintained. No one person's observation ut feelings in such a matter ean be taken as proof. Another saying is that the .seasons follow tho English seasons. But last summer was exceptionally hot and dry .at Homo. Another saying is that, the weather is sure to ohango at the turn of tho day. This | also has been fa'-ifiod.. The turn of the day has no more to do with tho weather than the change of the moon. Atfcmptis have been made ; to connect the late dry summers in j Europe with tlie poverty of violet : rays during the minimum son spot j period. Tf this wore a vera causa i it would be tine in every minimum, ' and all over the world. It is ah- i fsurd to make a universal and per- J manent enure responsible for a local ; and rare effect.