AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1924, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

I.IIV TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] SPIRITUALISTS’ CLAIM. MEL-I.it.)t UNE, Aug. 21. The Secretary of tlie S letorian Spinualiss' Association claims a firsthand knowledge of .Martian matters. He says that, frequent manifestations from .Mars and other planets have been .received by the Spiritualist:- dllling recent years. "We have been told the conditions of life and so on,’’ he saul, “and we have no doubt that not • ■lily .Mars, hut many of the other planets .are inhabilnled." He had heard ol no special message on the present occasion, lie added: "We travel in the astral and do not recognise distance. Therefore, it matters not whether .Mars is ;i| million or 91 billion miles away. (SYDNEY OBSERVATIONS. SYDNEY, Aug. 24. The astronomer. .Mr Gale, states that though the conditions have not been favourable for the observation of Mars lie has obtained sulllc interesting results. Some uf the so-called canals have appeared very clearly. The darkened area surrounding the south polar cap. whi.-li was generally believed to ho water, was faint, and was of less extent than a lew weeks :tl r r) , thus indicating that the advancing season cause the rapid evaporation or transfer of moisture, from the pcbir area. PRICE OF BUTTER. SYDNEY. Aug. 29. From to-tnorrow the price of butter will he increased by one half-penny per pound wholesale.