CLEMENT L. WRAGGE.

West Coast Times, 6 September 1909, Page 3

CLEMENT L. WRAGGE.

The entertainment to be given at j the Princess Theatre to-night by the famous- meteorologist, Clement L. Wragye, should prove of special interest, being the same subject that drew crowded houses in Town Hall, Wellington recently. These scientific entertainments have been given in many lands since Mr Wragge's last visit to New Zealand and have been favourably received, with the bestowal of unstinted praise by both press and public. The j London Echo describes Mr Wragge as "The very policeman of the weather." The large and unique collection of lantern slides possessed by Mr Wragge on the occasion of his last visit, has been nearly doubled, making the collection far the most complete ever seen in this hemisphere. Negatives from the famous Paris and Lick observatories and pictures from the most superb collection it is possible to obtain. Photographs of the heavens explained by an orator of Mr Wragge's calibre make this opportunity in truth the chance of a lifetime. Not the least interesting part of Mr Wragge's entertainment is the exhibition of actual specimens of "Radium," worth about 3000 times its weight in gold, and we are assured that a close scrutiny of this strange substance is a sight that once seen is not easily forgotten. The box plan is open ,at Mrs Browne's. Dates for the district will be found in another column.