RESULT OF RAINMAKING EXPERIMENTS TO BE SOUGHT

Wanganui Chronicle, 12 April 1948, Page 4

RESULT OF RAINMAKING EXPERIMENTS TO BE SOUGHT

zp A ) Auckland,. April 8 The inducement of artificial ram bv the injection of dry ice and certain chemical "alts into cloud was the subiect of a letter from the Minister in'Charge of the Department o 95ripntific and Industrial rceseaicn (Mr McCombs) received by the council of the Auckland Chamber of Comm M C r e 'McCombs said that in Australia and the United States targe experiments were being carried out biut did not nnuear to have reached the pos five stag! New Zealand had had no information yet of the meftods being ftnolied on an economic scale but porn the department and the Metcorologjcal Branch of the Air Department were in close touch with overseas work. When they had fullinformation about the type of cloud and the best methods of application, they would assess whether they could be applied in New Zealand. Mr McCombs said that m view of the cost and the magnitude of experimental work he did not think the Government was justified in making any minor experiments and any scheme would have to await facts from overseas. "I think the answer is a very negative one.” said the president, Mr. J. F A°sugg°stion that the chamber should seek information about experiments from overseas was adopted.