TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 August 1915, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

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TAIHAPE \YANTS IIAEELES

Taihape This Day. Taihape Carnival Committee resolved last night "'that this committee is k ot opinion that in the interests ot the v patriotic movements throughout f'he , dominion it is desirable that the, Prime , -UiiiKter be urged to introduce legisla- j tion, ot a temporary character, with j a view to providing that the greatest j possible freedom be allowed with regard to the holding of art unions, raff- . les, auct'ions, etc promoted by accredit- ( ed patriotic societies." st-a. Tup price lor _seasun —oy<» each tor Roscommon haltbred wethers—was curtained by Jlr Joiui Da vice, of Koputaroa, at Johnsonvillc stock sale yesteruay. "ilie riun and .Moon ' (.with dis- ' cuurseo on their influences upon the seasons) were the subjects of Mr Clement Wragge's lecture in the Levin lown ilall last night. The building was only about hall-tilled, but what- ' ever the audience lacked in numbers was made up lor in its tense interest and its manifest appreciation of tflelecturer's Informative and entertaining disquisitions. Air \\ ragge devoteu considerable attention to his theory ol tne influence of sun , spots on the weatner. He instanced x the now welllinown tact that the black patches on the sun from time to time «re iiuge tornadoes that cover areas many times greater than the whole circuinlereuce of the earth. The effect ot such raging distilrbuiicee must na.vo a lar-reaching elfect (through radioactivity). So, too, did the increase and uiininution ot the liydrogen rays, •tiiose gigantic flames that leapt from the sun for distances that were accurately computed to vary fi'om SO,OUO miles in length to 300,000 miles. When one considered these facts it became easier to realise how the weather conditions of the earth naturally would be affected by the vast sun's vast changes; and, in a subsidiary degree, by the po- | sition (not the phases) of the moon and j - her influences upon radio-activity. The i lecturer created amusement by deta.ilf ing how in Australia, years ago, when ) he first formulated his theories that l were ahead of the time, people used l to point at him and scoff at him, but - ho would remark that lie bore them - no animosity, "one could not he angry a with bahies!" The lecture was illus[i irated with magnificent views of the i. sun, moon planets, and the tund - of information given by Sir Wragge, d with his original theories,' must have a combined to make a deep and lasting imoresaion .upon many of , his hearers.