The Electric Wave.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1815, 2 April 1886, Page 3

The Electric Wave.

An extraordinary electric ware passed orer the colony on Tuesday night, and is sap. posed to indicate great disturbances of the earth’s surface somewhere, a long way to the south, says the Post. The electrical disturbaaee was as strong as, though briefer, than that experienced when the great earthquake oeenrred in the straits of Suuda a few years ego. The officer in charge at Wellington reports as follows:—At 7.55 very strong earth current suddenly appeared on all wires and lasted for shout e minute and a half; direction copper from south to north and west to east. The north and aoutb wires soon same right, and were but very slightly «*d afterwards. The westerly wires ed moderately strong current for some afterwards until 9 p.m.. but as direction steady it did not interfere with working of wins to any serious extent. The current appeared almost simultaneously throughout the whole eolooy. From Blenheim to Auckland current was from south to nortti, and from Christchurch to Dunedin the current waa north to couth. Special features its sadden appearance, strength, appearance over large extent so rapidly, and constancy of ear wot in one direction. It also aflectei An-itreliaa-New Zealand cable from west to seat. It appears to have been generally overlooked that the explanation of the remarkable aketns disturbances which occurred along th# telegraphic hoes last evening was to be found is the Invercargill message which ** y*e«erda> morning. The tele gram recorded an exceptionally brilliant display c( the Aurora Australia in the south of the distuaaoees. Auroral ®S“T» the visible manifestations of ygwowo rtornu, and these invariably effect the tMigraphio apparatus to a Very Urge **bet Ou this there are nunurons i Dittoed OQ teeord ia the Northern Hemisphere in anmenrinn with the appearanee of the Aurora Borealis— M. z. Times.