TRANSIT OF VENUS.
The event which has been looked forward to with so much interest for months past has taken place to-day—at least we presume it has, but we have not had ocular demonstration of the fact. It is a most unfortunate thing for science and scientists in New Zealand that the day has been dull, cloudy, and, indeed, just the reverse of what it should be. The weather reports from all parts of New Zealand, founded on observations taken at 9 a.m., were all the same or nearly—cloudy, overcast, or something equally unfavorable to observation of the transit. We have not been favored with anything from the local observatory, but we presume nothing has been done; and it is to be feared that in New Zealand the elaborate preparations will have been thrown away —that the observations will be a failure. From Auckland we have definite information that such is the case, and we fear the report will.be general.
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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1852, 9 December 1874, Page 2
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