AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

■ll'Sin.U.lAN AMI N Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION meat industry. (Received this day at ft. 25 a.m.) BRISBANE, August zO. A proposal to stabilise the meat industry by co-operating in tile marketing ef cattle, has been temporarily deferred until lbe industry ascertains the legality ol the. position. OBITUARY. MELBOURNE. August 20. (ihiunry Senator liakliag; also Lady Ahcekett. widow of the late Sir Thomas Ahvekett. from pneumonia. RAH.WAV ( OSTS. MELBOURNE. August 20. | .Mr W S. Blown engineer for the l ninimiw call !i railways, s.it-1 tail way costs would keep up al Darwin, as long a- all work was paid f.n by the Government. O i 1.!.! ERY RESUMES. SYDNEY, August 20. A -ett lenient lias been reached in coniiecliotL with Ihe Miniai ’ elliety and it ie.-nmes work to-day. hi IN ST KIN'S THEORY. K ESU I,T t>F SOI.AIt EX [’EDITION. (Tif-HewcM this day a! 9.25 a.m.) SYDNEY. August 2(1. Reel nr Tflimpler. of l.i'k Ob-erva-|l,lV. oile of the \ liieriea II seiellli-ts who observed the solar eclipse in Australia in Sepli nd er fasi . has foruatded t;, a. Svdney friend a splendid photo l | i( , lipse, showing the various tealurcs and outstanding stars. He writes: “l’liotogi-aplis taken by the American expedition. a;!t"r lull development and examination which will still take several month.', agree vei.v closely and confirm ihe prei-.ti lions in connect ion with the Einstein then]' better than we bad anticipated.” .Referring to the propo-cd expedition to observe tile total solar eclipse lit Lower California mi the tenth of September next, he declares : “(tur Einstein tests of last year came out. so .satisfactorily that it does not icelii neI ivxs.iry to repeat- them in connection with the filler eclipse.

He ill'll gives details ot a lecture delivered by Doctor Campbell (another member of last year’s expedition! before the American Astronomical Sorictv. whereon he stated that condi-

tions for the most exhaustive onset \atime, made wise j.eiiist and the le suits were in remarkably good agree men t with the values predicted on tin oasis of Einstein’s theory.