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"Rainmaking" Experiments

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TE commend readers to a careful perusal uf the leading story on this page today which describes in "'rain- detail the scientifle making" experiments which the

Royal Observatory, with the co-operation the PWD, intend to engage in next May.

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The important point to appreciate is that while our meteorological experts will lay no claim tu positive results, there with bu nothing "happy-go-lucky“ about the experiments,

Residents will remember two early post-war attempts to "make rain" in Hongkong

fargely They had to fail, because they were carried out incking meteorological data and sufficiently Reientide preparation, The result WAN the public wiped off "rainmaking" as wishful thinking.

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The endeavours which the

Royal

Observatory

and)

PWD will be making short- ly to produce stimulated rain are based on a new, but tried theory, and

for

this reason deserve to bel taken seriously.

I successful, the possibili

ties of "manufacturing” rain during the early part of Hongkong's summer are! Immensurable.

If these clouds can be made

to "open up" over eatchment атенк

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P. 7: Chapman Pincher's new series: "Do You Tell Lies?''

P. 9. Mary Hampton re- porta that Latin lovers are wanted urgently by All Dver the Women

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P. 16 & 17: Local sports

prospects

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In

A New 'Ban Bombs'

By Government Demand By

Departments

WILL APPLY NEW THEORY

By Robin Hutcheon

Hongkong Government meteorologists plan to carry out 'rainmaking" experiments on the Peak in May. They will try out a method-new to the Colony-which has had striking success already in New South Wales, Australia where climatic conditions were almost identical with those in

Victory For Hongkong. Eisenhower

new

Washington, Feb. 18. President Eisenhower'S liberalised Trade Bill passert House of Repre- though the sentatives here tonight without change, despite a move by high tariff interests to amend it.

The BIU

the life of the expiring Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act for three more

will extend

The vote was 295 to 110. Approval of the bill, one of Mr Eisenhower's greatest legislative successes so far, came shortly after he had Intervene

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The experiments will be undertaken by the staff of the Royal Observatory in conjunction with the Department of Public Works and the Water Authority.

The theory they will be testing has never been given a trial in the Colony before. There will be no aeroplanes involved and there will be no "seeding" of clouds with dry ice or silver iodide.

Russia

London, Feb. 18.

TODAY'S RACING SELECTIONS

By "Rapier"

Ficetmaster Colin

RACE 1

Russia tonight urged the Strathpeffer United Nations to call a Outsider-Trade Wind, world conference this year to

RACE 2 reduce armaments and ban Not So Bad

Misty Law the alom and hydrogen so Nice bombs.

in a statement broadcast by Moscow Radio she

proposed that the nations should pledge

themselve

(1) To destroy all stocks of and hydrogen wespons

atomic usc

Blom

and

power

clusively for graceful purposes;

(2) Not to Increase their armed forces or armamenta their military budgets above the level of January 1, 1088.

In a comment on the forth- coming London conference of the United Nations Disarmament Sub-Committee, Russia sald:

Union Sovict Th

considers that delivering the peoples from the threat cf an atomic war 16 the most important task of the United Nations organisation."

In this Arst major policy statement by new regime since Marshal Bulganin replaced Mr Georgi Malenkov as Premier,

the

Russia assorted that public opinion

wps

demanding the atomic and destruction

of the

declares "The "Soviet Union

in favour of setting up un appropriate international con-

INSTEAD, HONGKONG METEOROLOGISTS WILL SPRAY JETS OF FINE mogen weapons WATER DROPS INTO THE CLOUDBANK.

itseir

methods

most

in June and

armics.

and limitation

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Outsider:-Corvette,

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Outsider.-Quicksilver.

RACE 6

Bengal Lancer John Halifax Squadron Leader

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Outsider: Kentucky Lud,

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RACE 7

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Outsider: Scrabo, RACE 9

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Outsider:-Fidra,

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RACE 2

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RACE 4

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Outsider:-Unicorn.

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Atomic Test Carried Out In Nevada

One all-too frequent sight in years and give Mr Eisenhower According to these scient- seeded in Now South Wales. ¡fino water particles will succeed trol for the supervision of these May and June દ A sky new authority to reduce tarifsista, both the dry ice and the The prevailing winds blow from la turning the fat banks of decisions"-destruction of A and laden with heavy,

todide dark on selected items by 15 per cent silver

southwest so that sterile cumulus into reis clouds. H bomba the south or are unsuitable clouds which slowly flont over that period.

In the Colony's these coulda pass over the Peak

Pipes On Poak across the Colony withous

warm climate and the cloud and head in the general direc The three water pipes wich. conditions that exist in the ion at Kowloon and the New the scientists will use to inject

REPEATS COMPLÄINT yielding a drop of water.

early summer mouths,

Territories.

the wafer drops into the cloud Russia renewed hör complaint is the May The virtue of the

suitable will be situated on the ridge of that there was no Asian repre- water-month for the experiment

the Disarmament be-the Peak lying across the direc-sentative on

Sub-Comanitice, There will thus be a "strip" or. The Western Powers had re-

water "seeds" which will move China, India and Czechoslovakia. across Hongkong towards Kow-This had resulted in a composi loon.

tion for the committee which And at the Observatory the could not be considered satisfac- exporta

already will be strategically tory "and which

An atomic bomb dropped from an Air Force situated waiting and watching had a

bomber exploded for resulta.

over the Nevada proving grounds They will be its wogative influence on all equipped

The statement with rangefinders,

accused today to mark the opening of the 1955 winter-spring theodolites and possibly

Britain, America and France of

nuclear tests. will enable 5.cps radar set wideh

which would leat to them to "look into the clouda" | speeding up agrements on mission

the arms race and The

Germang were

loon it guarantees Bubstantial relief from Hongkong's chronic water shortage.

Before the final vote, The House rejected a motion to send

Bil back to the comunitie with instructions

to strengthen

The acting Director 11f the its "cup" clause under which

Royal Observatory and his, domnesc

con.

three

has

in the close struggle with a last-seeding plan is that technical cause although these same cloud tion of the cloud bankt.

minute plea for support for hisfy it is simple to carry out. conditions foreign economic programme. It involves no more than this: July, typhoons are apt to "zone" of cloud bearing the lected her proposal to include

laying

•

Iron pipes disrupt conditions. 20 r

long horizontally Now a cloud is, after all, only near the summit of the

vast formation vf Ainy Peak, Each pipe is bored particles of water which swirl with a number of boles around in the currents and up- arans of the air. There are two to give off a fine spray of

kinds the water drops with a LAŽJA -

"unstable" or rain

cloud meter of between 1/250sh producing

ant

the and 1/1,000th of an incia: "stable" "clouds which produces erecting

no ruin. auxiliary pumps 10 carry the water to the pipes and to maintam xU adequate pressure;

Industries con

claim 1 protection They arz colleagues arist governmental

threatened by imports. public's merit the

Voting on this was 200 to 190, gratulations for the initia-

ຄ seven-vote margin which Üve they are showing in

surprised many observers who trying to augment Hong-had believed the protectionists

kong's erratle rainfall with strong enough to be able to ob- more constant man-made tain a revision of the claus.—-

Reuter. downpours.

fail

There will be no recrimina

tions if the trials yield hoped-for results. But everybody will be wishing the experts the best of luck in their experiments. For if they do succeed, they will bring Incomparable benefits to the Colony,

PINEAU FAILS

his

305 votes to 270.-Reuter.

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•

ta

In the "lable" cloud the par- ticles or drops of water are too

to deduce what is actually | mild the ernal and bou light to fail os

happening to the water seeds rearming While in the "unstable" And then when the Peak rin.

they have planted.

evidence water drops are

of this. ta covered in cumulus cloud, some.

The New Scuth heavier and unite

Wales tests An international

pledge cloud-just turn the tap bigger and

with the finer particles to form showed that rain began falling refuse to use atomic

weapons and eventually fall as rain,

about 25 miraites after injection would bc an important step Flain ganges all over the towards banning them, Ruszla So what the

Hongkong Colony will record the rainfall. said---Reuter. "rainmakers” are trying to do But how will the scientists

very

Essarance.

in

ex-

SNATCHERS' $19,000 HAUL

Financially

project in- volves

little

direct Paris, Feb. 19.

And for those who Leader Socialist

Christian Penditure,

is to make the "stable" clouds, know that In may be worrying about a new Pineau was defeated today

their seeding has impost on our already depleted that hang uselessly over the attempt to form France's

been successful? water stocks, the meleurologists

Colony bathing 118 all in 21st post-war government,

the

buckets that the

these Broadly

are the lines of perspiration, Into The official count confirmed give

"unstable” clouds by Injecting they will follow: the injection the that M. Pineau was defeated by quantity of water used

them with the bigger drops process Will experiment will be "negligible."

take place on In fact, they can use non-drinis- which they hope con then alternate days. The meteoro mg water, or even sea water if malle with the finer particles logical records show that in a

New York, Feb, 18. to form raiti. necessary.

portal

Summer month each Four gangsters today made a The tests--and the scientists

These Infooted drops will not gauge records rain on about the haul of $19,000 by mingling for stress they are only tests-w(1)

fall back on the Peak again be- same number of days. Also, a few minutes with the workers bre made

month is separated into on alternate days cause the updrafts in the cloud if a

construction job in and the wind throughout May, beginning at

blowing against odd numbered and even heart of the city here. midnight and ending early

Working with the Peak will carry them up numbered days, rain falls on Into the body the afternoon of each day.

Lato bank. What Happens Broadly speaking this is what happens

SANTAL SOAP

On

E3

In May, towering "cotton- wool" curnulus clouds form over Hongkong very similar to those which were successfully water-

HUMBER HAWK

Rain Gauges

·

Now quite a number of rain

who were

the

split secon!

of the cumulus about the same number of days timing they jumped on two men

In each group.

returning from the bank with the construction team's pay roll.

who The gangsters masquerading as workmen, van- ished in a waiting car before witnessest even had time to raise |the alarm-Franco-Prozso,

Initially at any rate, thu meteorologists are not out to save our desperate water post- tion, but they are simply try sauger will be in the path of tie treated clouds gauges ing to prove whether the theory

situated in Kowloon, tho is correct-that this union of artificial "heavy" drops with the¡ (Conid, on back page, Col. 1)

SUNBEAM

were

Now York, Feb. 18,

Д

Minules Atomic Energy Com-, horizon.

Σπίστ conßrmed the bomb thunder-like rumble was heard

as the sound wave arrived, went off at 8 pm, GMT over Yucca Flat, 75 miles northeast of Las Vegas,

It was the 32nd nuclear blast in Nevada and the 33rd in the United States,

Within five mautes, the signa ture of the A-bomb-ita tower- ing, bolling mushroom cloud- wrote its way vertically: 10,000 feet into the sky,

An aircraft from the special The explosion, apparently of weapons centro at Kirtland Air nuclear weapon in the "small" Force Base, Now Mexico, deliver, category, was heralded here by

od the much-postponed first a small lightning-like flash "shot" in the test ocxies, dubbed that momentarily whitened the "Operation Teapot."-- United cloud - covered northeastern Press.

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