THE NIAUFOU EXPEDITION
FUND OF £lOO STILL REQUIRED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The sum- of £2OO, which will carry a Government subsidy of pound for pound, is definitely in sight by the New,, Zealand Astronomical Society towards the cost of the expedition to Niaufou. A further cum of £lOO is required, and the society is making a determined effort to collect thiA Of the subscriptions received by the society, totalling £159 9s 6d, Wellington’s share is £6O 10s, Christchurch has given £l2 18s 6d, Dunedin £l3 12s 6d, and Auckland £3B Ils. American and New Zealand expeditions will be the only once on Niaufou, which is in the belt of totality of. the sun’s eclipse. The American expedition is to be led by Commander C. H. T. Keppler,’ and Professor S. A, Mitchell, of Leander McCormick Observatory,.Virginia University, is the leading scientist. The New Zealanders will leave Auckland by the Niagara, probably on September 23, and will traveLfrom Suva to Niaufou by H.M.S. Laburnum, arriving at the beginning of October.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1930, Page 9
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