NAME OF OBSERVATORY
“Hector” or “Dominion”
The Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute yesterday considered a proposal bv ITofessoi's Kirk and Easteriield Hint the Wellington Observatory be called the Hector Observatory instead of the Dominion Observatory, as it was now generally known. Professor Kirk said that, the observatory was originally known as the Hector Observatory, and he did not know how the name became changed. The board agreed to the change, and decided to refer the proposal to the Munster concerned.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 200, 21 May 1931, Page 8
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83NAME OF OBSERVATORY Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 200, 21 May 1931, Page 8
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