THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 October 1922, Page 7

THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

"\ BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT ! t -—^"-' Receive^ Oct. 19, 11.15 a.m. { > _■:- SYDNEY, Oct. 19. ! ...Professor Cooke, explaining the re- 1 suit of experiments respecting shadow, bands during the eclipse, says that the first series of bands appeared nearly half a minute after totality commenced, the second sefies nearly half a minute before totality finished; in other words, the phenomena occurred during total- g ity, which was an important result, and differs entirely from, the usual concertion as stated in text "books . and popular literature. The result was an excellent illustration of the value of registering events according to the Einstein method. I A FIRE CAUSES MUCH DAMAGE.' ■ • i , SYDNEY, Oct. 19. ' I A fire at the Crown Confectionery, ( Camperdown, caused damage exceed- c ing £20,000. .