UNSEASONABLE WEATHER.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17916, 11 January 1930, Page 7

UNSEASONABLE WEATHER.

(To the Editor.) ;

Sir,--'WoUld it'not he well to recall Sir Douglas Maw.son, Sir Hubert Wilkins and Commander Byrd from the Antarctic? Since they have been “mucking round” the South Pole, upsetting things, the weather has been > all. skew-wiri, and the fawners'of New Zealand are faced with ‘ ruin..' It- has been repeaetdly asserted that An taro- : tic exploration would have a beneficial r: - a effect’ ton the weather and; meteorologists have-averred that great. ,things could be accomplished if-they-had .observation stations dotted roifnd South - V :,6rn latitudes. If. the present summer is a sample of what scientists can do : - r toy interfering with things that do not ooncern them it is to toe hoped that a . brake will be imposed upon their activities. It is a matter in which the . . League of Nations could profitably intervene to put a stop to the Antarctic '}% activities. The, expeditions have surely :C • done enough damage. 1 Here we are at ■ the middle of January, and so far have not had a taste of summer. . Most of. our farmers have suffered loss through inability to harvest their hay, and the cows are faced with starvation during the coming i winter because Byrd, arid his ..cobbers see fit to - displace the " . atmosphere by flying round the South ■ pole. Dr. Gould’s party with their axes and, alpenstocks have also assisted in the process ol' upsetting the world’s equilibrium. Personally I can-.. ' not-see'what good these scientists cam do with tneir new-fangled ideas; they have already' done incomparable hanm. as any working farmer will tell you.--I am, etc.,; •d? BRING THEM BACK.