A TELESCOPE FOR WELLINGTON.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 January 1909, Page 8

A TELESCOPE FOR WELLINGTON.

\;- s^~^'? t -- is '--69^g^'':]Je ; 'sbhie' ; to i (tetier the" love of. knowledge and ■;Science: during the. present '■ cejftury- \ -in' ■ of -viewing the in .this .tne.\capital;.city ,of What facilities-are .we.going ;t6oplace-in th'ehands: .study..of '• ; : H'we;.'ln ;tnis"city.:the sum:i--of-:- 'bequeatliedr for;;;the -i'establi jhmeht. of . an.. astionomicah observatory'' by .the'late'<Mr..'C.;'B..* ; Carter;i'haS.."been: paid into .tnehandß.of''tiie'Governorsof the: New Zealand Institute. HiiermsjoT-the■will: ! *-Wliai W':^re;we;gbmg';femto\of?Biach'-a'Valuable. 'bequest, s a.nd;to' : donor? entirely uppn, some"' prganisatiqn;J;and;,tbi ; that v ' end e Y.er'y : - pe'rson'interest'ei :.m^t ; ,?stirivS ; '....The iflllowjnig ; -'v^rti6n;.6f: ; a-le!ttes;fffom\' : the-secrei' . tar'y fof ''.the'. : Bntish'?Astrbn<OTttkli Association *(^:-".J. : and worthy- of i hav.e no 'New. •Zealand r i , easph ; 'wKy .'6ne-shbuld ; ';nQi*;be'fdriWjy4idUt:;.W(nild ap;pear";to: be; -':W,ay" ; :of::putting 'yburselves; imftouclr •in.'-England.";;■ He; aisq.'enclo'sed copy -bf,rule"s a it .'clear/'ajs'it^.'Tvb^ undbr-the;'guidarice^of'^is'associatron; ; sci^.far;-:clears-•'the :way.;rtowar'ds'ia'/'suggested, 'brganisati6ri." ; .liettera rtio;: hind ■; from.Various! •■■'ottws, : Bu6h';';.as,ifbUpWv : --spe^K\ > «ncowagiriglyil .".It"; will'- ;,.;be; ;'.''a ..'fpleasure"/.tb;'- , ■■■'Ho i an^hing ; lvcan:to^%lp ; ''y6fl^!-TOtes' : , > A/:'R..Sinks; .Es'q.,; ChwfiA'ssista'nt .dambridge". 6d■se'rvate,iy;s(^.iiibridg'e':: ;:vFrom:/ihei-\UiuTeisity' •Observatory.,. ■: Oxfbrd;?:H;" 1C ■ Esq.; ' writes:.;' 'By .-{the; f and: procuring', an .observatory '.-.with ' good; men; y'ou..Wuldt:'get : could fill;"the;'bjank'^hat''urgently wants',filling,- a;!s.bare. -in.-tH 4\great^infernatibnal .scheine;;forii'qhartjng|'tth^; : 'sky ! --'in-:iwhibh\ - ithe'' 'Southern,!! ■presented.':,'; We/bbseryaftines .at Ijhe"Cape'pf :Sydney,vMfelbourne;.'''dnd ; -Perth ■'A'ustralia)'.-are ! an.'taking.opart, 1 and New;: Zealand-, could;; help, usplehjiidlyiiVl can .aMur , pathy:,arid : v assisfance side.' , ::'PrbFesspr-, Edward.'C:; Pickering,' 'of! Harvard 'College" : Observatory,; ihs'M. , .! :-r"I; shall ;be;iinterested : tb V: heaiv--of your further.-progressi' and delighted ;; tb give ahy.infqrmatiqn'.thatiis.possible;".-; The' secr'ef , tary-. of;..th'e';. New,:_Squth Wales -Branch .of the ■ British;:Astr'onbinicar;.Assooiatioh I vMry Hugh' : Wrightj.'also, sends' copy'-pf.tKeir syllabus,:and ■ffliipb;,;encpuragmg'iiinfo'nnafio , n.''i;-. ; ■P9i??.?>m A-fiiie^.telescope,,iccessibje:to> the ■public—a;;telescbpeV' valued at'£Bo'o. : f i ' °Ver;. they ; HaVe; an., As|rqnbniiQal rAssociation,' ■and:the; whole :qf, this:- has',b"ee'n ; achieved' since' the;eveningv: o f, July-: 12,M9Q1.;whenJPrpfessor •K.v;.C.;::Maclaurin,':la'te-pf;the'v;Vict6ria;-Cbl--lege,-;.delivered.;a lecture 'oh.; ! "Astf6riemy.-'-' :The;;MayqrV,:the-Hpn.-" : .T.",,Wf-Hislbpi;M be!:,asked' : to-; convene ;a\meeting , ' and -invite ; w;..takeithe\ , phair,--^h/:a-''..yiew.'to:-'disbu^sirig" > , the-,whole/ questien;!-at.;ani.earlyj'date' : .m i 'iour: .Town.Hall,*and ■.that';coiisidei:a.tibn'.be::giveii to; the matter "of 'the ; :ajpp'6ihtijient l 'ofra strbng : working. am.-et'c• /-K : »■■■ >•';'* % , ;- ; Ja^iuary;-16.,; ■:. - ;kRNOLD,v ,'; '[We : . h'av.e'; had ■.: to /'abridgev'dur- ■ corf espp'nd-ent's-letter.]:', ;L_.,.--;,?' ]z*£>ys;'?kX.iijfWZ