Broadcast: 15th June 1947

Starring: Hart McGuire

Added: Jun 15 2003

The tropical year according to the astronomer is not of uniform length although it now consists of 365 days 5 hours and 48 minutes it is decreasing at the rate of 530 thousandths of a second each century. But a certain detective Regan might refute this scientific fact. Alone in the broiling sun handcuffed to a jetty he might be forgiven if he insisted a day in the tropics was a long one and getting longer all the time…