In connection with tlio proposed Solar Observalorl.v at Nelson, it is interesting to note that :i Nelson I'urnier, Mr. 11. Jaeobsen, who for many years was siii,)ialman ill tho Port 11 ills signnj station, states that Mr. Proctor told him about 30 years ago, when ho was in Xolson, that Xow Zealand should erect an observatory on a spot on the I'ort Hills on account'of its clear ntmosjjhcrp and fine view of the sun. Mr. Jacobswv is very mush interested in the proposed obscrvitory. and mado tlio above: remark while passing through Nelson on his way hack to Auckland from the Wcßt Coast, whfre. he had been attending the Hokitika Jubilee
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1963, 21 January 1914, Page 6
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111Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1963, 21 January 1914, Page 6
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