Long Drought Ends
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In Suva Dry Conditions Continue In Lau
From Our Own Correspondent
Suva, Dec. 17
PARCHED, cracked soil, burm up grass, dry wells and feai of a general water shortage i the Suva area came to an end i the second week in December whe a period of frequent thunderstorn and torrential showers set in.
In three days (December 9-11 Coli-i-Suva, high in the timber* hills behind Suva, had 16 inch( of rain.
Drought conditions continu however, in some of the outer i: lands. Water supplies have had 1 be taken to Vatu Vara in northei Lau, where no rain has fallen f< more than three months.
When Captain James Duncan, Rapopo, New Britain, arrived Sydney in July, he encountered tl prevailing influenza “wog,” with tl result that he went down to a b£ bout of pneumonia. He is up ar about again, and taking his usu lively interest in affairs, but he still under-weight.