Line 2.0.0 time. Singleton is about 40 miles from

Line 2.0.1 the coast. Mr. D. J. Marcs, Divisional

Line 2.0.2 Commonwealth Meteorological Officer,

Line 2.0.3 referring to the phenomenon, said that

Line 2.0.4 it was quite possible under unstable at-

Line 2.0.5 mospheric conditions for local whirl-

Line 2.0.6 winds to develop, and as they travelled

Line 2.0.7 on their normal course, to lift portions

Line 2.0.8 of a water surface in which they moved.

Line 2.0.9 It was also quite likely that small fish

Line 2.0.10 or any small animals or organisms could

Line 2.0.11 be thus transported from one district

Line 2.0.12 to another, in the same way as dust was

Line 2.0.13 sometimes carried. Mr. Mares added

Line 2.0.14 that some time ago the Weather Bureau

Line 2.0.15 received reports of a shower of small