New Zealand’s biggest reflecting mirror is being carefully tested by Professor Florence at Victoria College, Wellington. This mirror, whch i.s 2012 inches; in diameter, is used for astronomical purposes, and cost hundreds of pounds to construe!- It was made by the late Mr J. T. Ward, of Wanganui, who ground it carefully Io a special shape, accurate to a thousandth part, of an inch. Il it parses, the series of stringent scientific tests now being made, it will be resilvered and- erected for astronomical telescope purposes in New Zealand. He could hang by his foot from tiie tallest, trapeze ; He could climb a mountain with elegant ease ; He could shin up a tree or climb down a well ; llis voice (as a rule) was as dear as a bell ; But when it got rusty lie rushed to secure The best mixture on earth--Woods’ Gretß Peppermint Cure.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5293, 29 June 1928, Page 2
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146Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5293, 29 June 1928, Page 2
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