SOLAR ECLIPSE
Clouds and Mist DISAPPOINT OBSERVERS. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received October 22 at 9.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 22. , Ardent astronomers were sadly dis- J appointed this morning when heavy j clouds and misty rain made it impossible to observe the partial eclipse of ' the sijk The*® >vcrnment astronomer, Dr Naugle, was at his post at 6.1 S a.m., . when the eclipse was timed to begin, | and he remained t ill 7.40 a.m., but he | saw nothing of it. '• SUVA, October 22. ' The eclipse was visible at brief in-j tervals. there being heavy low-lying naiu clouds. . FIJI’S EXPERIENCE. SUVA. October 22. ! The eclipse was visible at brief in- ’ tervals, there being heavy low-lying ! rain clouds. NOT SEEN AT GREYMOUTH. Owing to the sun being obscured by j e’ouds, during practically the whole | peniod of the eclipse, local residents | were unable to obtain a view of it, ‘ sufficiently long enough to see the ex- ] tent of obscuration on the sun. / I
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Grey River Argus, 23 October 1930, Page 5
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