ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION. WELLINGTON, September 18. With the departure next Tuesday from Auckland of the Niagara there will leave New Zealand the astronomical expedition which will observe the total eclipse of the sun on October 22. The expedition is the official one of the British Empire, and will go to Niuafou or Tin Can Island, the best spot in the Pacific from which to observe the phenomenon. Dr C. E. Adams, Government astronomer and leader of the party, and Messrs W. R. de Montalk and P. W. Glover will leave Wellington for Auckland on Saturday. The other members of the party, -who will join them at Auckland, are Messrs W. C. Burns, F. Gawith, C. B. Michie, and P. L. Overton. Whilst the eclipse will be a total one at Niuafou, in New Zealand it will be visible only as a partial-eclipse, and should be seen if the weather is clear from all parts of the Dominion. At Wellington the eclipse will begin at 8.33 a.m. (summer time) on October 22. and will finsh at 10.33 a.m., exactly two hours after the commencement.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3993, 23 September 1930, Page 26
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186ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. Otago Witness, Issue 3993, 23 September 1930, Page 26
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