RED RAINWATER EXAMINED
FINE DUST IMPARTS COLOUR. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Nelson, Last Night. A sample of rain water collected in the neighbourhood of Rotokohu, near the West Coast, during the westerly storm on Monday morning was submitted to the Cawthron Institute to-day for an opinion. On a microscopic examination of the suspended material responsible for the reddish brown colour of the water it was found to consist of minute particles of dust and sand, the rounded form of which indicated a desert area rather than a volcano as the probable place of origin.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1928, Page 9
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