THE COMING OF THE RAINS
J’HE great relief which even townsmen experienced when the December rains broke over the Dominion, gives but a slight taste of the enjoyment which comes to the Australian who stands in his parched plains and witnesses the coming of the scud. The distances in Australia appear to be even farther off than ever during the dry period, and it is one of the delights of rainy atmosphere that it. makes objects look nearer. This nearness of view, caused by the change in the humidity of the atmosphere, gives one a sense of comfort, and as a result the loneliness of the plains is dispelled. With the warm earth visited by water, grass grows with phenomenal quickness in Australia, and so, too, in New Zealand. But in Australia the extremity of the sitution adds a charm to the scene which can only be sensed when a period of unusually dry weather has prevailed. The welcome rains of December will renew the fair earth and carry the Dominion’s pastures forward with renewed life into the summer
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 302, 22 December 1933, Page 6
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