ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
C.T., Timaru.— for League pamphlet. Of course we get most of the New Zealand papers, but if there is anything of very special interest or importance you will do well to send it. A Subscriber.—You are quite right in your contention. Your friend has probably been misled by the meaning of the word ' Tropic,' which is derived from the Greek word, trope, a turning. The so- . . called 'turning' of the sun at the two tropics is only apparent, not real, just as we speak of the . 'rising' and 'setting' of the sun. In all these cases the real motion is that of the earth round the sun.' ',:.;.,, ;' '.-.
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New Zealand Tablet, 10 July 1913, Page 31
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