It Was Wet But Could
pp. 113-115 · Read in the full issue
Have Been Wetter
ALTHOUGH Suva’s rainfall for 1956, 134.55 inches, was 10.30 inches above the average for the last 69 years, there have been five other years in which the rain fall has been greater.
In 1955 it was 158.73 ins., and the year before it was 167.70.
But these figures can hardly stand comparison with 220.54 inches in 1949, a really damp year.
IT WAS CHRISTMAS IN WESTERN SAMOA: As can be expected in the Islands where there is a dearth of entertainment, people provide their own amusemnt. Apia is no exception and in the round of parties at Christmas and New Year the children are not forgotten. Pictured above are some of the young revellers at St. Mary's Old Girls' Christmas party held in the Catholic Club, Apia. Standing in the centre is Samoa's new Roman Catholic Bishop, the Most Rev. George F. Pearce. Photo: R. F. Rankin.