ANOTHER COMET.
[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Sept ; 2o. The officer in charge of the telegraph station at Castlepoint wires, that he observed a very large comet rising in the east at 7 o’clock last might- The moon rising shortly after, he coaid only see it faintly. ' . [We have a vague recollection that an eminent astronomer at Home predicted that last year’s comet would reappear in October,; return again three months after and fall into the -son, AND THEN.—-Ah ther,’s the rub. J We breathe once more.. This afternoon we received the following from the Press Association : : . WELLINGTON, This day. Captain Edwin has received-tele-grams from all the meteorological stations on the East Coast stating tbat no sign of comet was seen last night although a look out was kept for it. :
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1089, 21 September 1883, Page 2
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130ANOTHER COMET. Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1089, 21 September 1883, Page 2
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