PUBLIC OPINION.
Contributions, Letters, Inquiries and Answers thereto, are invited on Farming, Commerce, Politics, and matters of interest to the Patea district. Names of writei’s need not be Printed.
REMARKABLE METEOR. About midnight on Tuesday 14th inst., an unusually beautiful meteor was observed in a northerly direction. It shot towards the horizon, with which its path formed an angle of about 60 degrees, from a considerable altitude, and its brilliance was such that it illumined the sky, though overcast, like a small moon ; but it was especially striking as it burst upon the view through breaks in the clouds, suggesting a gigantic rocket of loveliest blue. Talking of meteors ; now that aerology occupies so much attention, would it not be possible to establish a meteorological station in the district ; say at the Patea Heads? Aster,
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Patea Mail, 18 March 1882, Page 3
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135PUBLIC OPINION. Patea Mail, 18 March 1882, Page 3
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