A WEATHER PROPHET.
Clement Wragge Abroad.
Mr Clement Wragge, who once sent ” Sychem ” and other kinds of tornado to scare New Zealand, and eventually highly entertained the people here with quaint discourses, is now amusing India. “ Mussoore has been occupying itself lately with a brief period of solid thought, or something quite as good,” says a recent number of the Calcutta Englishman. “ Pro fessor Clement Wragge, F.R.G.S , has been giving lectures on popular scientific subjects, illustrated by lantern slides of great beauty, on such subjects as astronomy, meteorology, radium, and trips round the world. Professor Wragge began his lectures in a quiet way at the Municipal Hall, to the cultivated few, but the fame thereof soon spread abroad, and from Eandour to the Happy Valley, platforms were placed at his disposal, and crowds were ready to hear. This invasion of brains has already had a marked effect on the manners and appearance of the ordinary inhabitant. An ascetic, abstracted air, combined with spectacles and a stoop, is now much cultivated.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 435, 12 September 1908, Page 4
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170A WEATHER PROPHET. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 435, 12 September 1908, Page 4
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