OBSERVING AN ECLIPSE.
EXPEDITION TO FLINT ISLAND! | (BT TELEGKArn —PItESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, December 10. Tho expedition which loaves on Thursday by the Taviuni for Tahiti and Flint Island to observe the eclipse of tho sun on January ■ 3 next, consists of Messrs, F. K. M'Lean, F.R.A.S., of Tunbridgo Wells, England; Joseph Brooks, ■ F.R.A;S., F.R.G.S., Sydnoy; W. E. Raymond, t'.lt.A.S., Sydney; 3. W. Short, Sydney; H. Wikelman and Rev. F. W. Walker, of Auckland. Mr. C. S. Merfield, late president of the Sydnoy branch of the British Astronomical Association, accompanies- the expedition to Flint Island, where ho will join the expedition sent out by tho Lick .Observatory under Professor Campbell, The party probably return to Auckland about' January 17.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 66, 11 December 1907, Page 8
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