Them Bombers Again!
p. 16 · Read in the full issue
From Our Own Correipondent APIA, June 14. rpORRENTIAL rains, mostly at night, A have been a feature of the last few weeks. The oldest residents cannot remember such a wet month of June.
The popular explanation of this un usual weather is to ascribe it to the effects of the terrific bombardments in the Pacific war area and the resulting disturbance of the atmosphere. [ED. NOTE: This is not a new idea.
During a spell of unprecendented wet weather in coastal NSW, a couple of years ago, milkmen, liftmen, old ladies and other interested persons were heard to mutter “Them bombers!” into their beards at frequent intervals. The war was then going on in Australia’s Near North. However, since that time Eastern Australia has had one of the worst droughts in its history and the bomber theory has lost its appeal.]