DESERT SAND BLOWN OVER NEW ZEALAND
SAMPLE TESTED AT NELSON.
Per Press Association,
: , NELSON, Last Night,. A sample, of rain water collected in the neighbourhood of Botokohu, near the West Goast, during the westerly, storm on. Monday morpfng was submitted to .the Cawthron Institute to-day for an opinion on a microscopic examination, of tie suspended material responsible for the reddish-brown colour of the water. It was found io consist of minuto particles of dust and sand, the rounded .form of which indicated a desert area, rather than a volcano as the probablo place of origin. ' >
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6735, 11 October 1928, Page 7
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95DESERT SAND BLOWN OVER NEW ZEALAND Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6735, 11 October 1928, Page 7
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