Abnormal Wet Season In
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W. Samoa
Prom Our Own Correspondent APIA, March 4.
WESTERN SAMOA has just passed through an abnormally wet sea son. The record rainfall during January was followed by even more severe rains during .February, and in the latter half of the month no sunshine was recorded for 10 consecutive days.
The exceptionally heavy rains and oc casional strong winds have affected the cocoa crop adversely. Some damage has also been caused to banana plantations.
Capt. J. M. Joyes, a Territories nlanter. who enlisted in the AIF early in the war —his number was PXB2 —and who saw much service, sailed by the “Ormiston” in March for New Guinea. He hoped to reach Bougainville—although transport is still an uncertain quantity.