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PRINCE SEES FILM
THE MYSTERY OF "NEW" STARS
SUDDEN APPEARANCE
EXPLAINED
Crowds of visitors to London thronged the Strand one day last month and gave the Prince of Wales an overwhelming reception when he arrived for the' gala pre- mlere of the British film, The Iron: Duke." The crowd was 90 en- thusiastic the|| their stiv that le surged into to exciting event for astro-to the naked ey to honour, men in the scarlet: uni-nomers than the appearance of a and with binoculars for some forms of soldier of 1815, some bright "new" star. Such objects, weeks.
When nova is on the rise it anxious moments. The perfor-which are now known as "novae," mance, which was in aid of the were formerly described as tem- is always pure white 'in colour. Hospital for Sick Children in porary stars, and this gives A few days after its maximum, Bloomsbury, was a great success. really a more accurate indication however, it begins to display a Before the big flm a splendid of their nature.
strongly reddish tint. Within ‹æ
"new" of the Royal wedding was shown.
MIGHT OUR SUN EXPLODE?
(By Dr. W. H. Stevenson)
WHERE is probably no more, the star is likely to remain visible
ESCAPE FROM ELBA
Even so, the term is a little few weeks this, redness dles out, misleading, as it suggests The and the star, now growing faint creation of a body which later often appears slightly greenish ceases to exist. As a matter of in colour. Finally, when fact, what is seen is merely the approaching its original lustre, it The story of The Iron Duke" temporary brightening of a star becomes white again, and so re- begins in 1815 at the time of Napo- which existed before, and which mains. leon's escape from Elba. It is continues to shine at about its
The Explanation dignified and picturesque, and one former brightness after the spec- The two-fold question natural- of its very finest moments le a tacular display is over.
ly arises: (1) What is happening
reproduction of the charge of the Many of these femporary out-to produce such remarkable Scots Greys at the battle of Water-bursts have taken place in his effects; and (2) what caused it Joo. The acting of Mr. George torical times. One of the to happen?
The first part of the question
Arliss, in the leading part, is as brightest ever recorded occurred gripping as ever. The story of in the constellation Cassiopeia in was answered many years ago by this, his first British film, gives him 1572, the nova in this case being the late Professor Bickerton, who plenty of opportunities to display about as bright as Venus, and pointed out that the sudden rise bla fine gift of characterisation and visible to the naked eye in broad in brightness, coupled with the
day-light. charming, quiet humour..
character of the spectrum, indi- ;. Sixth This Century. cated a violent; explosion which
Your Daily Smile!
The cast includes many important players from the London stage. During the present century projected concentric shella of Miss Gladys Cooper, in a high curl- there had, up to last month, been hydrogen and other gases in all ed head-dress which is exceedingly five novae bright enough to be directions from the centre of dis- becoming to her, plays the part of seen with the naked eye at the turbance.
This view is now matter of chance. There is the Duchess of Angouleme, and time of their discovery.
generally adopted by astronom Now another has been seen by era, but the same cannot be said nothing to be gained by recalling Miss Ellaline Terris, in. private life] that the British Government was Mrs. Seymour Hicks, is very charm- Mr. J. P. M. Prentice, a solicitor of Bickerton's answer to the
of second part of the question. Hong Kong, Friday, January 16, 1935, the first to realise that Repara-ing as the Duchess of Wellington; and amateur astronomer
tions and other payments de the low, musical tones of her voice Stowmarket. The news was at He supposed that the explosion manded in the excitement and are a delight to hear over the once telegraphed to the Royal took place in a new body, formed Observatory at Greenwich, where by the grazing impact of two wholesale microphone. Votes And, Nerves fury left by the
destruction were
the discovery was verified and previously existing and possibly an absurdity
the astronomers were able to dead" stars. It is now con The turn of the year does after because money in such quantities
observe the nova and photograph sidered, however, that in view of all seem to have set things could not be transferred by any
its spectrum before it was lost the probable number and distri moving. The events of the last existing machinery of exchange,
in the brightness of sunrise.. bution of the stars in space such few days may appear merely to and that the seizure of the Ruhr Evening aeroplane trips are now
Mr. Prentice's star is therefore an event would be of exceeding- have carried out one of the sec-was a still greater absurdity run from London to Brighton, the sixth, and its prompt detec-ly rare occurrence; whereas f tions of that voluminous bundle because military occupation can Down to the sea in flips..
tion la evidence of the close we include the comparatively, watch that is kept upon the sky, large number of fainter. novae more especially by amateur recently revealed by photography that many such discoveries have common to admit of such an ex-
planation. by observers of meteors, or other astronomers have sug- shooting stars." weg gested that the passage of a star In this branch of astronomical through a nebula might account for the observed facts; but there research it is essential to work in
of trouble, the Treaty of Ver-only destroy wealth and not
create it. Nobody who imagines
Air We Go!
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UNWANTED
sailles; but we shall not get very himself in the same position can "Don't let me miss my train," astronomers. It is significant the phenomenon is much too far in understanding the course! of affairs unless we grasp the be surprised that so glaring an said the departing guest.
bedrock fact that the work to be exhibition of Germany's liability "I'll see to that," said the chaubeen made, as in the present case, done in 1935 is chiefly to remedy to invasion should create a deter-feur, "the guvner has threatened a worldwide state of Jangled mination to be in a position to to give me the sack if I do." nerves: The cause of the break-defend her boundaries, and
tion from the wrong end.
feat.
*
SAD STORY
down of all the proposals for dis-should link the disarmament Sometimes Too Tight armament is that they tackled clauses and the League Itself Tests have been made to discover the open air, and without a tele are serious physical objections to the chaos of international fric-with the hateful memory of de-what part of motor cars causes the scope. This affords a much more
this idea, and it seems, on th The patent fact is that Dis- our Government was not suffi-that holds the wheel.
most breakdowns. It is the nut complete view of the constella whole, most probable that a nova armament will be the result of a ciently strong to resist the tide
tions than is possible for the represents a purely spontaneous feeling of security, not the cause of passion in which the Treaty
observer who works at the eye explosion occurring in a star with- Nothing but suspicion has been
piece of a telescope, with his out-out the intervention of any out- aroused by trying to press it was made, and was not able to And then there was the man who look almost completely obscured side body. Koha pe desirable as it is in itself, in the restrain the aggression of France let himself drown because he fell by the dome of his observatory. Why a star should explode, sud- teeth of a rising wind of fear in the subsequent years. Under
into a reservoir which had the This explains why, discoveries of denly in this way is not quite cer the circumstances it became and resentment that made men
that defencelessness notice: "Swimming not allowed.”
this kind are seldom made in the tain, but the occurrence has been think that they were to be disapparent
was an invitation to attack, and
larger observatories, and should put down to the development of an farmed in order that they might that as long as the other Powers Tests made in Americs show that who imagine that nothing useful of a relatively old and compact Fortytude
be an encouragement to those unstable condition in the Interior be subjected to injustice or insult refused to bring their armies man can stand more strain at can be done in astronomy with Good intentions in many quarters down to the reduced numbers have been interpreted as an in- imposed on Germany there would forty than at any other age. out the aid of powerful instru- sistence on control and an atti- be no equality of weight in the tude of superiority; and in a still discussions of diplomacy or
CORRESPO ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT greater degree have been merely the Council of the League.
of If No, Horace, boots do not grow funrecognised because the univer-the ideal of disarmament, was to boot-treep. sal interference with the free be achieved it could only come as circulation of news has created a part of a general settlement condition of artificial ignorance which would put the war spirit A Chicago typist has just come exceptions it has been found to Colony from Manila by the B.Br. which makes conciliation doubly into the background and allow out of a trance after twenty-nine-occupy less than three days, and President McKinley this morning..
the healing touch of time to do months.
during this short space of time
difficult.
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(Continued on Page 3.)
Personal Pars
A Sudden Blaze The increase in brightness which first calls our attention to Miss Beatrice Pestonji, daughter. a nova occurs with great sudden-of Mr. R. Festonft, of Messrs, Ben- ness and rapidity. With a few Jamin and Fetts, returned to the
Berlin appears to have enjoyed its beneficent work. Such alek
|_ We even have hopes of our office the star's light may be augment Mr. R. Lasala, of Mesara Manners a "Mafeking night," and those settlement would have saved a boy now.
who remember the original cele great deal of the liberalism which brations will realise that there is is being suppressed by all sorts great benefit in occasionally let of crisis-governments that are ting off steam. Some charac-applying military methods of
LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
ed anything up to 100,000-fold, and Company, accompanied by Mrs. But on reaching its maximum Lasala, returned to the Colony yes-- this "brightness begins almost terday by the sa. President Hoover: immediately to fall,
The fading is, however, at a Mr. G. S. Angeles, of Messrs. much slower rate than the rise; Thoresen and Company, Limited,
teristic remarks of Herr Goeb absolutism and censorship of Nine months' bard- labour was and is apt to be very irregular, accompanied by Mrs. Angeles and bels have been cabled out were thought and news: sultable to the occasion. Mr.
imposed on Chan Shul, a coolle who Several years generally elapse two children, were among the pas Knox would have been guilty of Now that the mistakes are was charged with a breach of the before the star returns to its ori-sengers who returned to the Colony neglect of duty if he had not obvious and recognised the only Deportation Ordinance, when he ginal faint condition. Dat this morning by the 8.8. President made preparations to deal with thing to be done is to get on with appeared before Mr. E. I. Wynne-An examination of the spectra McKinley
a possible exodus of people who the task that should have been Jones at the Central Magistracy this do not relish the chance of re- tackled years ago. The ability morning. moval to a concentration camp; of the League to carry out some
of various movie has shown that rapid and remarkable changes are constantly taking
place
but if there are few refugees so portion of the work designed for Sentence of six months hard during the outburst, especially in much the better, and if those it has been demonstrated, and labour, with 10 strokes of the birch its early stages, and this who remain are treated with the dangers of overweening added, was imposed on Luk Chi- the astronomers, are, so broadminded tolerance, that will national assertiveness have been ming, unemployed by Mr Wlose no time in obtaining be better still. There is an old revealed. Against all the super Schofield at the Central Magistracytroscopic photographs, and are saying that hard words break no ficial arguments for a cynical this morning, for the theft of a sil prepared to put aside. bones. Store pessimism we believe that never bangle from a child's foot yes- their other work in
to turn terday.
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