NEWS BY MAIL

Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1920, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL

NEW STAR IN MILKY WAY. LONDON, August 25. A brilliant new star, visbie to the naked eye has been discovered by Mr W. F. Denning, a Bristol amateur astronomer. It is in the constellation of Cygnus, th e Swan.

On Friday night Mr Denning was watching the skieß, and at 9.30 (Greenwich mean time) ho noticed the new staiM He immediately informed the astronomer Bojul of his discovery, and on Saturday night a special observation was made from Greenwich Observatory. An Observatory astronomer who examined the star on Saturday night said that ho believed it would be possible to trace its origin by photographs of the celestial areas in which the star made its appearance. In favourable conditions it can be observed from 10 o'clock onwards without he aid of a telescope. It is in the milky way, where, says Mr Denning, nearly all the new stars of recent years have appeared.

ALP CLIMBER’S COLLAPSE. VEVEY, Aug 25. Tourists upon the Corner, Grat, 10,000 feet above Zermatt, yesterday watched through telescopes an Alpine tragedy taking place. A party of three climbers had almost reached the'feummit of Monte Rosa, a neighbouring mountain, when one was seen to collapse. His companions attempted artificial respiration for a long time unsuccessfully. Their efforts to bring him back to consciousness and then to keep themselves warm were watched all day from the Gornor Grat, while Zermatt guides hastened to their relief. Their names and nationality are unknown. The ascent of the highest point of Monte Rosa (Dufour Spitz, 15,217 ft) is neither difficult nor dangerous, but it is apt to be exhausting. There is frequently a trying wind. IN HIDING FOR 15 YEARS. LONDON, Aug. 25. When some linen was stolen from a workhouse in King’s County, the Sinn Fein “detectives” were given the task of tracing it. Every house in the town was searched, and a rftid. was made at midnight on an hotel, ffie landlady and several maids, in their night-clothes, were questioned, 'and their beds searched, but without result. Despite protests from the landlady, the “detectives” forced the door of an attic and were met by a wild-looking man ,with flowing unkempt hair, and a beard reaching to his waist. He was suppose dto have gone to the United States 15 years ago to escape a policecourt charge, but the landlady explained that he had been hidden in the attic since then.