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SOUTH AFRICA’S BLACKOUT

For nearly four minutes on October 1 next. South Africa will be plunged in darkness, and the blackout, is expected to be the greatest that area has seen for 360 years—an eclipse of the sun which will attract, astronomers from all parts of the globe, who will gather to watch it on the Karroo.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19400521.2.68

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 May 1940, Page 6

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SOUTH AFRICA’S BLACKOUT Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 May 1940, Page 6

SOUTH AFRICA’S BLACKOUT Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 May 1940, Page 6

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