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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8195, 29 January 1907, Page 7

The rainfall at Tutanioa a fortnight a£;o was phenomenal (says tlx* North Auckland Times). Mr 11. Leonard reports that for the iortveight hours ending at 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning tin- rainfall at Tutanioe was 13.4!2in, over 7in having fallen the first day. This exceeds the total rainfall lor last November and December, the rainfall for those months being 8.845 in and 4.170 in respectively. The actual rainfalls for the two days were : —January 13th, 6.620 in, 23' hours ; January 14th, 6.Booinj 25 hours. A telegram from Auckland to the Dunedin Star says: —Mr Stevenson, F.R.A.S., states that_ a partial eclipse of the moon will occur on the night of Tuesday, January 29th, beginning at 11.36, and owing to the position of the sun and moon, the period from the 28th of January until the end of the month will probably form a, minor earthquake period. The great volcano of Mauna Loa, at Hawaii, Mr Stevenson thinks, may about the time stated send out a 'greatly increased flow of lava, and at Kingston renewed shocks may be expected, though less violent in character than those which recently did such serious damage. There was a total eclipse at the time of the earthquake at Kingston, and the theory is that the sun, moon and the earth are in line, with the earth in the middle. The two other bodies are drawing in opposite ways, hence the liability of an earthquake taking place about the time of an eclipse.