Show astronomer ANNOUNCES THE MOON CONTROLS RAIN chicago may 15 A dispatch di patch to the inter ocean from vancouver B C says the following mail advises advices have been received from australia by the steam f hip Aora ngia which brought over the largest number of passengers on record in speaking of the terrible drought till prevailing in australia II 11 C rus fell the government astronomer of aus to have nae the discovery after long and careful among astronomical records the moon regulates ike rain astronomers of the different australian colonies have endorsed indorsed indor sed mr russella theory sir kus feell says 1 I when I 1 bay 1 lave found the moon controls the rain my researches extend for thirty six years briefly when the moon i moving south anere is plenty of rain when it is amov ing north there are years of drought so there are alternate wet and dry period the wet lasting nine years and the dry ten so that long beforehand preparations can be made for the coming drought astronomers the world over are now invited to investigate sir russells assertion ser tion A severe earthquake has been felt in Warran pool it was the severest on record school children became panic stricken horses and cattle ran amuck many roof a were shaken off the houses A tidal wave succeeded the earthquake T |