THE END of the WORLD.
THE COMET. ••uckund, this day, Despatches from London dated October Bth say the comot is. all the talk of scientific oirclos at present. It is being regarded with considerable apprehension. R, A. Proctor, who denied that it was the comet of 1813 and 1880, now finds that he made a mistake in his calculations, and bo has withdrawn his: statement. More, cautions astronomers than he have no doubt of the identity, of the comet, and believe that •it will return at latest iu October, 1883, and will then fall into the sun with results that will dispense with the future publication of newspapers of the world, It is said this is the opinion of the 'most eminent identities ef the, day. C. ; Piezzi Smith, a clever 'astronomer, of Scotland, in particular hav--
ing made no secret of his belief that the ■end of the world is at hand I
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1228, 13 November 1882, Page 2
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154THE END of the WORLD. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1228, 13 November 1882, Page 2
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