Drought Breaks in Tahiti

From Our Own Correspondent PAPEETE, October 8.

THE long drought, which has afflicted Tahiti and the neigh bouring islands for some months past, appears to have broken at last, and some nice rains have fallen during the past week.

Nevertheless, the country is still extremely dry and much more rain is required to restore the brown hill sides to their usual greenness and set the watercourses flowing at normal capacity.

This year’s figures constitute a re cord for dryness, and while this may be all to the good for European vege tables grown on irrigated land, the result is disastrous for all the per manent crops of the island.