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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 79, 22 August 1914, Page 4

"The Su'icids of an Empire" will (be tlicsubjeet of-the .lie v. A. B. Ohaipipcli's sermon a,t Whiteley Memorial Church to-moiraw evening, with special reference (to • 'the present international struggle. The antihem will be Sullivan's "The Long Dav Closes," and ill' G. Lambert trill sing an appropriate solo. ■Mr. dement Wiragge -writes to Hie Auckland Star: —"A mighty aktanbam-e has appeared on the sun, the wlwle- <feturbod area embracing, aibout 30,000 miles. The umbra is very dense and ' Mack, indicating Titanic energy. This is favorable f-or increasing . in Australasia and the Southern Hemisphere generally; also for earthquakes and volcanic aotion, witth! less rain in the Northern Hemisphere. The sun and tho earth arc distinctly linked up bv M'irclesa vibrations, and there is a connection as intimate between tflie two bodies through 1)3,000 miles as that which exists between any two places on earth, linked up bv telegraph. Only by :■ study of solar physics, in connection with lunar declination can the forecasting of the seasons be successfully accomplished. The 'man in the street' , ciut see the big sunstwmi now in operation, tot it i» imperative that a dark glass tn used. The occultaition of tfliis tremmulous &olar hurricane In' tho ration will be, a magnificent spectacle in Norway, Central Europe and. Beroia during the total eclipse of August-21.'"