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        "id" : "61389505",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/61389505",
        "heading" : "MR. WRAGGE'S \"WRAGGE.\"",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "64",
          "title" : "Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915)"
        },
        "date" : "1902-07-15",
        "page" : "4",
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        "snippet" : "Mr. Wragge is going to issue a \"Wragge.\" This is the title of his paper to be, as Mr. Wragge, having weathered Sproule, Drake and other extraordinarily named storms on",
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        "articleText" : "<p><span>  MR.  WRAGGE'S  \"WRAGGE.\"   </span></p> <p><span>  Mr.  Wragge  is  going  to  issue  a  \"Wragge.\"   </span><span>  This  is  the  title  of  his  paper  to  be,  as  Mr.   </span><span>  Wragge,  having  weathered  Sproule,  Drake   </span><span>  and  other  extraordinarily  named  storms  on   </span><span>  the  coast,  is  going  to  trust  to  the  sea  of   </span><span>  journalism  and  seek  to  weather  the  storms   </span><span>  there.  Hence,  the  tables  are  somewhat   </span><span>  turned,  as  the  people  who  belong  to  that  ;</span></p> <p><span>  craft  now  can  issue  a  forecast  themselves  :-   </span></p> <p><span>  Dirty  weather  in  the  composing  room.  A   </span><span>  breeze  between  Foreman  and  Machinist.</span><span>  Squalls  with  \"Devil\"  much  in  evidence,</span><span>  and  Editor  reminded  that  his  villainously</span><span>  bad  hand-writing  puts  up  expenses  twenty</span><span>  per  cent.  Contributors  warned  to  keep  off</span><span>  the  step.  Note-Much  upset  by  the  delay</span><span>  of  the  Department  in  delivering  wire</span><span>  relating  to  pugilistic  encounter  between</span><span>  Boreas  and  Father  Neptune.</span></p> <p><span>  To  be  serious,  why  \"  Wragge,\"  and  where</span><span>  the  room  for  a  newspaper  dealing  with  such</span><span>  a  dry  subject  as  weather?  Is  the  \"  Wragge\"</span><span>  out  ;  give  me  a  copy  of  the  \"  Wragge  ;\"  just</span><span>  off  the  press-a  wet  Wragge,  etc.-  -are  terms</span><span>  which  will  become  popular  among  the  jokers</span><span>  who  have  nothing  more  to  do  than  dissect</span><span>  their  neighbors'  names.  Also,  they  are  likely</span><span>  to  be  about  the  only  thing  connected  with</span></p> <p><span>  Wraggé's  \"Wragge\"  that  will  last.      </span></p> "
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        "id" : "217926119",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/217926119",
        "heading" : "'Wragge' on Wragge.",
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        "title" : {
          "id" : "902",
          "title" : "Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser (NSW : 1874 - 1908)"
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        "date" : "1902-12-12",
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        "snippet" : "IN his weekly paper 'Wragge,' Mr. Clement Wragge on Thursday last prints the following, saying he gives it without any comment whatever: \"The Australian drought exists because this world",
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        "articleText" : "<p><span>  '.Wratr  go'  on  Wraggo.</span></p> <p><span>  '  lNr  his,  weokly  papcr  VWraggo,.  Mr.  Clcniont</span><span>  Wraggo  on  Thursday  luetprints  tho  following,'  say-  -</span><span>  ing  ho  -gives  it:  witliout  any'.comtnent  Whatovor  :</span><span>  u  The  Australian  drought  oxist'3  bccausotliis  world:</span></p> <p><span>  is,  cut-off'  fronr  the  heavenly'  planets1  by  a  strong,</span><span>  :  .force.:  In  thohtni03phero  thoro  is,  -Bri  to  apeak,  a'</span><span>  war  rainong  tho  cfomorite  j  the  :carth;muat;suffer.</span><span>  Thqeo'disturbarices  will  not  :  take  placo  again  for</span><span>  many  y  ears.  -  -  'A  bo  vo  your  beads  tlio  planets  hri?  all</span><span>  undergoihgia  great  ohqngo.  -  This  stato  has  been</span><span>  islowly  but'  surely  tconiing  on  -  this  ,  planot  \"  called</span><span>  earth,;  and  slowly  .but  surely  .it  is  '  passing  away.  .</span><span>  rAftor  this  year  the  lioavons'shall  bo  open  and  tlieri</span><span>  this'  planet  shall  receivo  heavy  rains  and  likely</span><span>  floods.  TSigne'd)-Profodsbb  K;!!  h/i  .  V</span></p> "
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        "id" : "193580452",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/193580452",
        "heading" : "WRAGGE.",
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        "title" : {
          "id" : "1006",
          "title" : "Manilla Express (NSW : 1899 - 1954)"
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        "date" : "1903-06-03",
        "page" : "3",
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        "snippet" : "ANOTHER fixture for busy June. Mr. Clement Wragge has secured the local Mechanics' Institute for Monday night next, Line 8, when he will deliver",
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        "articleText" : "<p><span>  \"WRAGGE.  \"  .</span></p> <p><span>  I  Another  fixture  for  busy  June.  Mr.</span><span>  Clement  Wrngge  has  secured  the  local</span><span>  Mechanics'  Institute  for  Monday  night</span><span>  next,  .Line  8,  when  he  will  deliver</span><span>  one  of  his  educational  entertainments..</span></p> <p><span>  Tlmstfbject  for  the  evening  will  he  —</span><span>  VJCCoyago  through  tho  Universe\"  ;</span><span>  tipjriint  Paris  IpI  escape  nnd,  the</span><span>  :oon  ;  when  good  seasons  will  come;</span><span>  d  a  qieep  at  Kosciusko,  illustrate</span><span>  mfghout  with  magnificent  pictures,</span><span>  'eh-  have  never  been  seen  in  these</span><span>  s  before.  Mr.  Wrngge  line  fillod</span><span>  ge  a  place  -in  the  imaginations</span><span>  alians  in  his  \"  wua-th'er  fore-</span><span>  it  the  present  opportunity  of</span><span>  u  in  person  will  no  doubt</span><span>  availed  of.</span></p> "
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        "id" : "75967490",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/75967490",
        "heading" : "Wragge.",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "188",
          "title" : "The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : 1894 - 1954)"
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        "date" : "1903-04-22",
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        "snippet" : "THERE is surely no name better known to the average Australian than that of \"Wragge.\" Everyone feels an interest in what \"Old Wragge\" has to say",
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        "articleText" : "<p><span>  Wragge:</span></p> <p><span>  THERE  is  surely  no  name  better  known</span><span>  to  die  average  Australian  than  that  of</span><span>  \"  Wragge.\"  Everyone  feels  an  interest</span><span>  in  what  \"Old  Wragge\"  has  to  nay</span><span>  aboat  that  all-absorbing  topic-the</span><span>  weather;  and  not  only  is  Mr.  Clement</span><span>  Wragge'b  name  a  household  word</span><span>  throaghoot  Australia,  it  is  honoured  in</span><span>  scientific  circles  in  every  country  in  (he</span><span>  world.  A  visit,  therefore,  from  such  an</span><span>  eminent  meteorologist  is  an  event  for</span><span>  Dubbo,  and  it  can  only  have  been  owing</span><span>  to  the  shortness  of  the  notice  that  the</span><span>  attendance  at  his  lectares  on  Friday</span><span>  and  Saturday  last  was  meagre.  Of  at</span><span>  tractive  personality,  Ur.  Wragge  quickly</span><span>  gets  into  touch  with  his  audiences,  and</span><span>  carries  them  sympathetically  with  him  i»</span><span>  his  \"Voyage  through  the  Universe.\"</span><span>  His  enthnsiasm  is  touching  to  witness;</span></p> <p><span>  and  his  eager  scrutiny  of  the  wonderful</span><span>  pictures  he  throws  on  tbe  screen,  just</span><span>  as  though  he  had  not  seen  them  hun</span><span>  dreds  of  times  before,  shows  how</span><span>  thoroughly  be  is  wrapped  np  in  .his</span><span>  science.  While  his  descriptions  of  the</span><span>  marvels  of  the  universe  are  naturally</span><span>  conched  in  noble  language  befitting  the</span><span>  sabject,  Mr.  Wragge  occasionally  drops</span><span>  in  a  gleam  of  qaaint  humour  which</span><span>  serves  to  brighten  the  lecture  ;  and  the</span><span>  two  hours  during  which  he  discourses</span><span>  pass  nil  too  quickly  away.  Interspersed</span><span>  with  his  vivid  word-painting  of  ran</span><span>  storms,  \"  tbe  birth  of  euns,\"  and  other</span><span>  marvels  of  the  infinite,  are  strewn  real</span><span>  pearls  in  morality,  religion,  and  philos</span><span>  ophy,  conveyed  in  such  a  way  that  they</span><span>  sink  into  tbe  mind,  and  benefit  the</span><span>  hearer  who  ponders  on  them.  An  in</span><span>  tense  lover  of  Nature  in  *11  its  varied</span><span>  -forms,  Wragge  enthusiastically  points</span><span>  out  the  beauties  contained  in  the  most</span><span>  widely  diversified  objects  ;  he  can  see  tbe</span><span>  wondrous  work  of  the  Great  Architect  as</span><span>  well  in  the  tiniest  flower  a*  in  tbe  making</span><span>  of  tbe  sun,  and  helps  his  audienoes  to</span><span>  eee  it  also.  After  a  talk  with  Wragge</span><span>  -forit  is  more  of  a  friendly  talk  than  a</span><span>  lecture-one  comes  away  with  a  profound</span><span>  impression  of  tbe  immensity  of  the  un</span><span>  known  world  of  Space,  and  a  conviction</span><span>  that  the  petty  worries  of  fragile  human</span><span>  ity  are  of  little  moment  in  the  great</span><span>  echeme  of  Nature.  Mr.  Wragge's  great</span><span>  mission  in  life  is  to  perfect  the  knowledge</span><span>  of  meteorology,  one  of  the  most  useful  of</span><span>  sciences,  seeing  that  by  its  aid  its  stu</span><span>  dents  will  in  time  be  able  to  forecast  with</span><span>  accuracy  the  seasons,  many  years  in</span><span>  advance,  and  so  benefit  humanity  at</span><span>  large;  and  it  is  a  pity  that  the  Gobi</span><span>  monwealth  oaunot-or  does  not-make</span><span>  suoh  provision  as  would  enable  this</span><span>  scientist  to  cairy  on  his  work  untram</span><span>  melled  by  the  difficulties  of  \"  making</span><span>  ends  meet.\"</span></p> <p><span>  In  regard  to  the  Great  Drought,  it  is</span><span>  interesting  to  note  that  Mr.  Wragge's</span><span>  theory  as  to  its  cause  in  some  measure</span><span>  coincides  with  that  of  Mr.  Bnssell</span><span>  that  it  is  connected  with  tbe  declinations</span><span>  of  tbe  moon;  but  Wragge  goes  further</span><span>  still,  and  traces  a  connection  between  the</span><span>  drought  and  the  Btorms  in  the  sun,</span><span>  pointing  ont  that  when  these  are  at  com</span><span>  parative  rest,  droughts,  eruptions  and</span><span>  earthquakes  occur  on  this  earth,  Mr.</span><span>  Wragge  holds  (hat  the  drought  is</span><span>  now  breaking;  that  (here  will  be  good</span><span>  rain  this  year,  more  next  year,  and  more</span><span>  still  the  following  year;  that  there  will</span><span>  be  a  succession  of  good  seasons  until</span><span>  1911,  when  the  son's  minimum  of  activity</span><span>  will  again  oocur,  and  another  drought</span></p> <p><span>  will  set  in.</span></p> <p><span>  Our  space  will  not  allow  of  a  detailed</span><span>  report  of  Mr.  Wiagge's  lectures*,  bnt</span><span>  we  may  refer  to  (hose  points  which  are</span><span>  of  more  special  interest.  On  Friday</span><span>  night,  after  an  outburst  of  loyalty,  be</span><span>  took  his  bearers  through  the  illimitable</span><span>  realms  of  spaoe,  dealing  in  a'  familiar</span><span>  way  with  sun-spots,  sun-stormB,  eclipses,</span><span>  and  other  phenomena,  and  gave  interest</span><span>  ing  facts  abont  the  moon,  tbe  whole</span><span>  being  illustrated  by  a  rapidly  changing</span><span>  series  of  pictures,  thrown  on  a  screen  by</span><span>  means  of  a  powerful  acety  line  lamp.  He</span><span>  described  the  *'  colour  zones,\"  showing</span><span>  how  nature  had  arranged  that  the  popu</span><span>  lation  of  the  earth  should  be  black  at  the</span><span>  broadest  and  .hottest  portion  of  its  cir</span><span>  cumference,  and  thence  gradually  lighten</span><span>  ing  as  the  latitude  increased  north  or</span><span>  south;  from  this  he  drew  the  conclusion</span><span>  that  a  \"white  Australia  is  impossible</span><span>  and  absurd,\"  the  northern  portion  of  our</span><span>  continent  being  within  the  darkest  zone.</span><span>  Mr.  Wragge  dwelt  strongly  on  the  neces</span><span>  sity  for  water  conservation-be  suggested</span><span>  that  we  should  pray  for  sense  to  teach  us</span><span>  how  to  save  the  rain  that  was  sent  dur</span><span>  ing  the  years  of  the  sun's  \"  maximum.''</span><span>  \"  Let  us  work  and  think  more-use  oar</span><span>  brains  \"-«nd  we  will  be  able  to  tide  over</span><span>  the  years  of  drought  caused  by  ,  the</span><span>  recurring  solar  \"  minimum.\"</span></p> <p><span>  On  Saturday  evening  Mr.  Wragge</span><span>  devoted  his  lecture  largely  to  a  descrip</span><span>  tion  of  the  various  scientific  instruments</span><span>  used  in  meteorology,  and  explained  the</span><span>  many  uses  to  whiob  the  soience  conld  be</span><span>  applied-warning  ships  of  dangerous</span><span>  storms,  foretelling  rain,  etc.  He  ex</span><span>  plained  his  method  -of  collecting  reports</span><span>  from  all  parts  of  Australasia,  by  which</span><span>  he  was  able  to  forecast  the  approach  of</span><span>  cyclones-low-pressure  Eones  ;  anticy</span><span>  clones-high-pressure  eones;  and  ant</span><span>  arctic  disturbances-inverted  V-shaped</span><span>  storms.  He  also  described  the  construc</span><span>  tion  and  uses  of  (he  rain  guage,  and  (he</span><span>  origin  of  duststorms.  He  strongly  de</span><span>  nounced  the  \"insane  ringbarking\"that</span><span>  was  carried  on,  pointing  out  that  for</span><span>  ests  promote  rainfall,  and  advocating</span><span>  the  appointment  of  a  Federal  Conser</span><span>  vator  of  Forests.  Mr.  Wragge  spoke</span><span>  with  intense  earnestness  «n  the  subject</span><span>  of  water  conservation  and  irrigation,</span><span>  saying  the  whole  climate  of  the  west  could</span><span>  be  changed  by  these  means.  The  State</span><span>  shoiild  dam  our  rivers,  and  ose  every</span><span>  e&ort  to  utilise  the  immense  volumes  of</span><span>  water  that  now  ran  to  waste.  He</span><span>  painted  in  vivid  langnage  a  dream  in</span><span>  winch  he  thought  tbe  Mormons  had</span><span>  settled  at  Onnnamulla,  and  had  made</span><span>  (hat  desert  a  paradise  by  means  of</span><span>  irrigation,  just  as  they  had  converted</span><span>  the  arid  wastes  around  8alt  Lake  City</span><span>  into  fertile  fields.  In  oonclu  ing,  Mr.</span><span>  Wragge  claimed  that  tbs  fonoMti  inrnd</span></p> <p><span>  by  his  weather  bureau  were  correct  op</span><span>  to  99  per  cent.,  and  of  his  predictions  of  |</span><span>  approaching  cjolooio  diets  rb&ocea,  95</span><span>  per  cent,  were  aooarate.  Mr.  Wra*tge</span><span>  annoanoed  that  be  would  probably  re-|</span><span>  visit  Dabbo  ia  a  few  week*.  |</span></p> "
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        "heading" : "WRAGGE.",
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        "title" : {
          "id" : "356",
          "title" : "Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954)"
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        "date" : "1902-04-10",
        "page" : "4",
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        "snippet" : "Mr. Clement L. Wragge, the far famed weather prophet is on a visit to Newcastle, and will lecture to-night and to-morrow in the Victoria Theatre. No man",
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        "articleText" : "<p><span>  WA-  GWEAsre..</span><span>  Mr.  Clement  L.  Wragge.  the  far-famed</span><span>  weathcr  prophet  is  en  a  visit  to  New</span><span>  castle,  andtwill  lecture  to-niglit  and  to</span><span>  morrow  lnutho  Viotoria  Theatre.  No  man</span><span>  baa  a  greater  stare  of  Informataon  or  a</span><span>  happier  knuck  of.popularlonigsclnce.  Mr.</span><span>  Wraggo  is  at  present  returnlng  from  the</span><span>  top  or  Koscnlusao.  andin  lecturing  under  tilo</span><span>  auspices  of  tho  Ausntrlian  Church.  When</span><span>  Ianst  lecturing  for  the  Rev.  D.  Fraser,  he</span><span>  was  on  bis  way  to  the  Paris  Exhibitlon.</span><span>  To-night  he  will  display  some  of  its  mar</span><span>  vels,  espcilally  tlhe  marvels  of  the</span><span>  heavens,  an  seen  througi  its  great  tele</span><span>  scope.  The  pictures  are  all  new  and  ths</span><span>  same  as  were  used  by  tho  distingulshed</span><span>  lecturer  at  the  Imperial  Institute.  Los</span><span>  don.  During  his  slay  In  Newcastle  Mr.</span><span>  Wraggo  will  be  the  goeot  of  the  Rev.  D.</span><span>  mraser.</span></p> "
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        "id" : "70068753",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/70068753",
        "heading" : "'WRAGGE.'",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "202",
          "title" : "The Sunbury News (Vic. : 1900 - 1927"
        },
        "date" : "1903-02-07",
        "page" : "4",
        "pageSequence" : "4",
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        "snippet" : "We have received a copy of the above which is a journal devoted chiefly to the science of meteorology. It is owned and conducted by Mr. Clement",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70068753?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  'WRAGGE'  -  we  have  received  a  copy</span><span>  of  the  above,  which  is  a  journal  devoted</span><span>  chiefly  to  the  science  of  meteorology.  It</span><span>  is  owned  and  conducted  by  Mr.  Clement</span><span>  Wragge.</span><span>  </span></p> "
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        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/258166628",
        "heading" : "Wragge.",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "1586",
          "title" : "The Nowra Colonist (NSW : 1892; 1899 - 1904)"
        },
        "date" : "1903-05-13",
        "page" : "2",
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        "snippet" : "Nowra is to he favored with a visit from Australia’s greatest meteorological scientist and astronomer, Mr Clement I. Wragge, who will give one of his educational",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article258166628?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  Wragge.</span></p> <p><span>  Nowra  is  to  he  favored  with  a  visit  from</span><span>  Australia's  greatest  meteorological  scientist</span><span>  and  astronomer,  Mr  Clement  L  Wragge,</span><span>  who  will  give  one  of  his  educational  entertainments</span><span>  in  the  School  of  Art*  ball  on</span><span>  Friday  evening  next,  15th.  The  suhjeut  for</span><span>  thfe  evening  will  tie  \"  A  Voyage  Through</span><span>  tbe  UniverBe.\"  The  ereat  Paris  telescope</span><span>  and  the  moon,  fto.,  will  lie  illustrated  with</span><span>  magnificeut  pictures,  most  of  which  have</span><span>  never  been  seen  in  the  States  before.  Mr</span><span>  Viagiic  has  tilled  so  large  a  plaoe  in  tbe</span><span>  imagination  of  Australians  in  his  weather</span><span>  forecasts,  possessing  almost  miraculous</span><span>  powers,  that  the  opportunity  of  viewing</span><span>  him  \"  in  person  \"  will  no  doubt  be  largely</span><span>  availed  ot</span></p> "
      }, {
        "id" : "221344169",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/221344169",
        "heading" : "\"WRAGGE.\"",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "1177",
          "title" : "Crookwell Gazette (NSW : 1885 - 1954)"
        },
        "date" : "1903-12-01",
        "page" : "2",
        "pageSequence" : "2",
        "relevance" : {
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        "snippet" : "ON page 4 of this issue we publish a sketch under the above bonding. Unfortunately the second [?]lumn of this was Dot submitted to the proof rea[?]er",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221344169?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  \"WRAGGE.\"</span></p> <p><span>  On  page  4  of  this  issue  we  publish  a</span><span>  sketch  undor  tho  above  bonding.  Un</span><span>  fortunately  the  second  o  -lumn  of  this</span><span>  was  Dot  submitted  to  the  pnof-roa  lnr</span><span>  f  ir  revision,  aod  as  a  consequence</span><span>  several  errors  appear  therein.  The  in-</span></p> <p><span>  tention  of  the  writer,  however,  in  suoh</span><span>  oases  must  bn  at  onoe  obvious  ;  but</span><span>  the  proof  (for  such  only  it  is)  unrevised</span><span>  will  give  readers  an  idea  how  matter</span><span>  sometimos  loavos  the  oompuei'nr's</span><span>  hands.  In  this  easo  some  of  ih»  er</span><span>  rors  are  stupid  ones,  as  tho  reader  will</span><span>  readily  obs-rve.  For  inatanoo  the</span><span>  \"  look  \"  of  despair  should,  of  oiuriin</span><span>  read  ''rock\"  of  despair.  And  again,</span><span>  \"  Orthodoxy,  by  attempting  to  hold</span><span>  tn  tin  all  should  read  in  thrall,  In</span><span>  the  passage  \"  at  li-ait  no  m  <r->  than</span><span>  in  the  passing  lave  should  rend  in  tho</span><span>  passion  love  ;  and  \"  so  lacking  that</span><span>  attrihute  association  slioul  1  read,  \"  so</span><span>  lacking  that  attrihute  <rf  nssooiui  in,\"</span><span>  O  her  errors  are  princpally  literals  suoh</span><span>  as  ambiguous,  which  is  ipolt  without</span><span>  the  first  \"  u.\"  Our  roiders  wo  hope</span><span>  will  with  theso  oorrootions  ho  able  to</span><span>  readily  arrivo  at  tlio  writ  -r's  m  muing.</span><span>  Foderal  Ministers  and  oenl  ir  offioore</span><span>  of  the  Public  Sorvioo  intend  to  appeal</span><span>  to  tho  High  Court  against  th.-u'r  liabil</span><span>  ity  to  piy  Violoriin  income  tax.</span><span>  The  piistal  authorities  have  under</span><span>  consideration  on  auibmatin  manbine</span><span>  for  supplying  stamps  fro  '  .  pillar</span><span>  boxes.</span></p> "
      }, {
        "id" : "221344158",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/221344158",
        "heading" : "WRAGGE",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "1177",
          "title" : "Crookwell Gazette (NSW : 1885 - 1954)"
        },
        "date" : "1903-12-01",
        "page" : "4",
        "pageSequence" : "4",
        "relevance" : {
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        "snippet" : "PACK through the many--far too many : -- late drought stricken years, when mother earth lay gasping like a giant in the last throes of his death agony",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221344158?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  WRAGGE</span></p> <p><span>  [  BY  G.  F.  ]</span></p> <p><span>  Back  through  the  many  —  far  too  many</span><span>  :  —  late  drought-stricken  years,  when</span><span>  mother  earth  lay  gasping  like  a  giant</span><span>  in  the  last  throes  of  his  death  agony  —</span><span>  and  the  dumb  animals  —  well  'tis  human</span><span>  that  they  are  dumb  and  can  but  moan</span><span>  their  piteous  protests  against  his  in-</span></p> <p><span>  satiable  greed  —  were  dying  in  thous</span><span>  ands  —  few  named,  if  any,  were  more</span><span>  prominently  before  the  Austral</span><span>  ian  public  than  that  of  Clement</span><span>  Wragge.</span><span>  For  years  the  papers  have  been</span><span>  anxiously  scanned  by  many  in  the  —</span><span>  for  a  long  time  —  vain  hope  that  his</span><span>  forecast  would  predict  the  breaking-</span><span>  up  of  the  long-protracted  drought;  so</span><span>  that  when  it  became  known  that  he</span><span>  was  about  to  pay  a  visit  Crookwell  I,</span><span>  with  many  others,  anticipating  a  men</span><span>  tal  feast,  went  to  hear  him,  and,  speak</span><span>  ing  for  myself  —  and  I  believe  I  may</span><span>  include  most  of  those  present  —  was  not</span><span>  disappointed.  A  dimly-lit  hall,  closely</span><span>  packed  with  sitters  in  the  centre,  a</span><span>  raised  platform  on  which  there  stood  a</span><span>  man  of  spare  form,  medium  height,</span><span>  with  slightly  bent  shoulders,  met  the</span><span>  eye.  On  the  edge  of  the  hall  stage</span><span>  some  distance  from  Mr.  Wragge  a</span><span>  screen  was  elevated,  upon  which  was</span><span>  projected  from  a  magic  lantern,  num-</span><span>  orous  magnificent  views  of  tho  heav-</span><span>  enly  bodiess,  the  astronomer  manipu</span><span>  lating  the  slides  and  describing  with</span><span>  eloquent  and  enthusiastic  phraseology</span><span>  the  different  objects  as  they  were  shad</span><span>  owed  forth  upon  the  screen.</span><span>  Mr.  Wragge's  address  could  scarcely</span><span>  be  termed  a  lecture  —  it  was  too  dis</span><span>  cursive  for  that—  but  whatover  it</span><span>  might  have  lacked  in  continuity  was</span><span>  amply  compensated  for  by  the  all-</span><span>  absorbing  enthusiasm  of  the</span><span>  man  that  like  an  electrical  current</span><span>  seemed  to  permeate  the  whole  of  his</span><span>  audience,  and  by  the  time  he  had  fin</span><span>  ished  I  don't  think  that  there  was  one</span><span>  of  his  hearers  but  was  in  full  sympathy</span><span>  with  him,  when  he  took  them  away</span><span>  with  him  in  his  voyage  amid  the</span><span>  planetary  systems  and  told  of  the</span><span>  Milky  Way,  with  its  countless  millions</span><span>  of  Suns,  billions  of  miles  apart,  yet</span><span>  with  their  lights  glowing  and  circum-</span><span>  fused  into  one  mighty  whole.  He</span><span>  exhibited  the  dead  Moon,  the  Lady</span><span>  Ghost  of  our  solar  system,  and  the</span><span>  awful  Sun-storms,  not  of  cool  refresh</span><span>  ing  rain,  but  leaping,  rusbiug,  madden</span><span>  ing  flames  ,  tearing  round  tho  orb  of</span><span>  day  thousands  upon  thousands  of  miles</span><span>  in  extent,  and  marvellous  calculations</span><span>  both  of  tiino  and  distance  flowed  flip-</span><span>  .  pantly  from  his  tonguo.  With  rap</span><span>  ture  lie  spoke  of  the  dark  uinbrro  the</span><span>  lovely  coronro,  and  the  beautiful  little</span><span>  nsterojds.  Wo  endeavoured  tofillow</span><span>  him,  till  our  souts  seemed  to  expand,</span><span>  aud  our  brains  awe-stricken  reeled</span><span>  '  drunk  with  the  sublimity  of  tho  infin</span><span>  ite.</span><span>  But  when  Mr.  Wragge  leaves  tho</span><span>  niarvollous  and  approaches  tho  specu</span><span>  lative,  we  find  it  difficult  to  wholly</span><span>  subscribe  to  some  of  hie  deductions.</span><span>  \"  For  several  years  past,\"  said  he,</span><span>  \"  the  sun  has  been  at  its  minimum,</span><span>  end  as  a  cunsequcuce  tho  internal</span><span>  hent  of  our  earth  has  been  forcod  out</span><span>  wards,  causing  several  ernptioms,  not</span><span>  ably  \"thst  of  Martinique.  Tho  crust</span><span>  has  contracted  in  such  parts  as  are</span><span>  Most  subject-  to  the  8un's  influence.\"</span><span>  The  correctness  of  this  stntomont  may</span><span>  he  doubtod,  because  whilst  thero  was  a</span><span>  drought  here,  there  was  plenty  of  ram</span><span>  in  England  nnd  Now  Zealand  ;  but</span><span>  that  was  accounted  for  by  tho  fact  that</span><span>  I  hoy  were  in  different  latitudes.  \"It  is</span><span>  ...  all  a  matter  of  latitude  —  latitude  is  the</span><span>  gront  factor,\"  said  he.</span><span>  Does  Mr,  Wraggo  forgot  that</span><span>  whilst  wo  were  nulTfiring  n  terrible</span><span>  drought  bore  there  were  torrmts  of</span><span>  rain  —  as  well  as  blood  —  in  South</span><span>  AfricnJ?  Yet  his  theory  may  bo  cor-</span><span>  rcct,  but  only  under  one  supposition,</span><span>  and  thnt  is  that  the  popular  belief  thai</span><span>  the  crust  of  our  earth  is  of  a  uniform</span><span>  thickncs  is  a  fallacy  (nil  firmly  bolieve</span><span>  mysslf  it  is),  nnd  that  the  world  is</span><span>  solid  in  parts  —  in  fact  as  solid  ns  our</span><span>  Labour  Party.  Of  course  if  such  be</span><span>  tba  case  a  compression  whore  tho  crust</span><span>  was  thin  might  lead  to  a  corresponding</span><span>  expansion  where  it  was  thick,  even  in</span><span>  the  same  latitude.</span><span>  In  almost  wild,  enthusiastic  torms</span><span>  Mr.  Wraggo  described  his  visit  to  the</span><span>  palace  of  tho  great  telosoope  of  Paris</span><span>  and  his  interviow  with  the  courteous,</span><span>  refined,  cultured,  French  Minister  of</span><span>  Instruction.</span><span>  We  oonjurtd  up  in  our  mind's  eye</span><span>  the  vision  of  a  slightly-bent  figure</span><span>  eagerly  hurrying  through  tlifl  crowded</span><span>  streets  of  the  city.  What  to  him  was</span><span>  the  thousands  of  objects  of  hosuty</span><span>  that  ho\"  might  have  feasted  his  eyas</span><span>  with  ?  Thero  was  but  one  object  thnt</span><span>  had  an  attraction  for  him—  tlie  grent</span><span>  toleicope.  Away  in  his  far  home,</span><span>  washed  by  the  waves  of  the  Pacific</span><span>  Ocean,  _  he  had  viewed  it  with  his  men</span><span>  ial  vision  ;  he  had  dreamt  of  it,  and</span><span>  lie  bnd  voyaged  thousands  of  miles</span><span>  that  he  might  confirm  by  ocular  de</span><span>  monstration,  what  his  wildest  hopes</span><span>  hsd  never  led  him  to  bolieve  possible.</span><span>  Imagine  tho  Moon  to  the  vision  but</span><span>  threo  miles  distance  !  And  now  lis</span><span>  ws  in  the  presence  of  this  wonder  of</span><span>  modern  genius  !</span><span>  Will  you  like  to  lake  a  promen  ,</span><span>  ade  and  view  tho  grounds  connected</span><span>  with  the  palace  of  the  telescope  t</span><span>  Shall  apartmonts  b  prepared  for  you  ?</span><span>  \"Will  you  visit  a  restaurant,\"  and  there</span><span>  was  something  about  cognag.</span><span>  It  was  the  Minister  for  Education</span><span>  who  spoke  thus,-  but  Mr.  Wragge</span><span>  learnt  that  ho  could  get  a  room  on</span><span>  tho  spot  and  spend  the  whole  night  with</span><span>  his  lovo.  He  did  not  toll  us  whether  he</span><span>  had  tho  cognag.  What  bridegroom  over</span><span>  tingled  with  deeprr  ecstasy  For  the</span><span>  fulfilment  of  his  anticipated  joy</span><span>  than  this  enthusiastic  seer  did  for  the</span><span>  approach  of  night  f</span><span>  Wa  heard,  too,  of  his  labours  nmtd</span><span>  the  snows  of  Kosciusko,  and  how</span><span>  when  the  gale  tore  madly  across  the</span><span>  mountains  nnd  demolished  the  Irnt</span></p> <p><span>  which  the  bravo  Australian  boys'  stood</span><span>  to  their  posts  and  ticked  off  tho  re</span><span>  cords.</span><span>  \"  Why  did  thoy  do  this  ?\"  asked</span><span>  Iho  astronomer,  insortiugn  slide  that</span><span>  rrdceuentod  a  hugo  bull  dog  with  the</span><span>  Union  Jack  for  background.  And</span><span>  thon  ho  aoswored  his  own  question,</span><span>  \"  Because  they-  woro  boys  of  tho  '  bull</span><span>  dog  '  breed.</span><span>  Mr.  Wraggo  is  English,  and  of</span><span>  course  to  such  our  virtues  are  Brit</span><span>  ish,  but  our  vices  are  exclusively  our</span><span>  own.  Fuuuy,  is  it  not  ;  but  so  long</span><span>  as  it  ploasCs  Ihem  that  way  lot  us  uot</span><span>  cavil.</span><span>  _Noxt  we  were  told  of  his  intorview</span><span>  witli  our  State  Promior,  Sir  John  See,</span><span>  ann  it  certainly  did  Dot  convey  au  ex</span><span>  alted  opinion  to  our  present  Stats</span><span>  Promior,  Sir  John  Sop,  and  it  cer</span><span>  tainly  did  not  convoy  an  cxaltod  opin</span><span>  ion  to  our  minds  of  tho  mental  refine</span><span>  ment  of  that  worthy,  Tho  huckster</span><span>  ing  way  in  which  ho  criticise!  eaoh</span><span>  item  of  tlio  bill  of  costs  —  \"  What</span><span>  wore  tho  gloves  for,  and  what  the</span><span>  whisky,  aud  why  tho  salts  ?  were</span><span>  humorously  recited  by  Mr.  Wragge.</span><span>  But  perhaps  tho  poor  Premier  feared</span><span>  his  colleagues.  Mr.  O'SulIivan  might</span><span>  objoct  to  (lie  sum  total,  as  thore  was</span><span>  littlo  manual  work  nttaeliod  to  it,  and</span><span>  it  excooJed  tlio  minimum  wago  stand</span><span>  ard.  But  thou  tho  coarse,  brutal  rc-</span><span>  tnnrk,  \"  Why  don't  you  got  fat,</span><span>  Wragge  ?\"  was  all  his  own.  The</span><span>  latter  might  hitve  replied  that  ho  had</span><span>  not  speculated  in  resumptions,  but  that</span><span>  would  bare  been  descending  to  the</span><span>  other's  level  ;  bo  ho  could  only  re</span><span>  main  silent.  He  had  said  in  the</span><span>  course  of  his  lecture  that  ho  had  not</span><span>  beet)  able  to  discover  a  \"  hell  but</span><span>  ho  must,  have  regretted  his  inability</span><span>  to  locate  one  at  the  termination  of</span><span>  this  interview.</span><span>  \"  Pray  loss  and  dam,  darn,  dam</span><span>  inoro  !\"  exclaimed  Mr.  Wragge.</span><span>  Of  courso  part  of  this  advice  was</span><span>  but  a  figure  of  speech,  and  an  ex</span><span>  hortation  to  out  people  to  conserve</span><span>  water,  but  taken  in  connection  with</span><span>  the  fact  that  lie  is  a  firm  believer</span><span>  in  the  theory  of  evolution,  and  snaps</span><span>  his  fingers  at  tho  creeds,  the  ndvico</span><span>  to  pray  less  has  another  significance,</span><span>  and  ho  should  not  forgat  that  prayer,</span><span>  ro  many,  ersn  when  a  ma'orial  bone-</span><span>  fit  ii  not  expected,  .has  a  marvellous</span><span>  sustaining  effect.  It  is  not  surpris</span><span>  ing  that  superior  minds  such  as  that</span><span>  of  Mr.  Wraggo  should  revolt  with</span><span>  extreme  disgust  at  theology  as  taught</span><span>  —  it's  churchman's  jargon  ;  its  dog</span><span>  matic  positiveness  ;  its  contemptible,</span><span>  bitter,  not  to  say,  savagp,  sectarian</span><span>  ism,  and  above  all,  the  vile  purposes</span><span>  to  which  man,  in  bis  solfith  designs</span><span>  to  ovitr-raach  his  fellows  has  applied</span><span>  it.  Besides  astronomy  has  done  rauoh</span><span>  to  refute  biblical  statements,  though</span><span>  it  should  not  be  forgotten  that  its</span><span>  twin  sister,  geology,  that  is  less  spacu-</span><span>  Utivii  and  certainly  more  tangible,</span><span>  has  an  awkward  habit  of  confirming</span><span>  many  of  them.</span><span>  There  is  a  myetsrious  olement  in</span><span>  man's  nature  and  impelling  him  t</span><span>  seek  the  unattainable,  and  I  rauoh</span><span>  doubt  whather  constituted  as  he  is  —</span><span>  a  personally  visible  God  —  would</span><span>  alisfy  him.</span><span>  Philosophers  had  1-arnt  agos  ago</span><span>  that  the  tree  of  knowledgo  is  not  that</span><span>  of  life  and  that  all  men  should  know</span><span>  that  nothing  osn  be  known.  We  are</span><span>  told  that  Moeos  daro  1  to  question  the</span><span>  Almighty  presonoe  and  received  the</span><span>  seemingly  ambigous  reply,  \"  I  Am</span><span>  that  I  Am.\"  Jesus,  with  his  mir-</span><span>  vollous  power  of  nbridginrn',  roproved</span><span>  his  doubting  disciple  —  with  the  fow</span><span>  brief  sontvnees—  \"  Blessed  are  thoy</span><span>  that  havo  not  seen  yet  have  be</span><span>  lieved.\"</span><span>  It  is  well  for  man  to  permit  his</span><span>  mind  to  voyage  into  any  known  or</span><span>  even  unexplored  sea  of  thought  —  but</span><span>  'tis  wiso  ere  sotting  out  that  he  have</span><span>  on  board  the  sheet  anolior  of  trust</span><span>  .and  hope,  so  lh.it  when  ho  gets  amid</span><span>  the  shoais  of  doubt,  thny  may  save</span><span>  him  from  tho  look  of  despair,  so  thnt</span><span>  he.  be  not  driven  to  exolaim,  with</span><span>  Byron,—</span><span>  \"  Poor  oliild  of  doubt  and  death,</span><span>  Whose  liopoo  aro  built  on  roedi  I  \"</span><span>  Orthodoxy,  by  attempting  to  hold  in</span><span>  the  all  the  intellect  of  human  beings,</span><span>  hae  done  morn  harm  to  the  osuse  of</span><span>  true  religion  than  tho  personal  ex</span><span>  ample  of  many  of  its  cupportors,  and</span><span>  that  le  enying  much.  Tho  vital</span><span>  principles  of  religion  rests  wholly  and</span><span>  solely  upon  faith  and  hope.  Tho  God</span><span>  of  the  soientist.  The  Great  Dynamo,</span><span>  The  Mighty  Atom,  or  what  you  will,</span><span>  is  very  realistio,  very  material,  in  fact</span><span>  —  tho  God  of  reason.  But  thero  is</span><span>  no  reason  in  true  belief  —  at  least  no</span><span>  more  than  in  the  passing  love  —  is  not</span><span>  necessary  that  thero  should  be.  In</span><span>  short  the  God  of  tho  soientiet  is  not  an</span><span>  attribute  of  our  obildhoods  conceptions.</span><span>  So  lacking  that  alternate  association</span><span>  we  can  have  none  of  him.</span><span>  Mr.  Wragge,  at  the  olose  of  hi»</span><span>  remarks,  complimented  his  aadionoe</span><span>  on  their  intelligence  as  displayed  by</span><span>  so  many  having  oome  to  hear  him,</span><span>  and  said  thnt  at  many  of  his  .lectures</span><span>  but  few  would  attend,  as  they  pre</span><span>  ferred  to  stay  away  and  play  at  dom</span><span>  inoes  or  toad  in  the  hole,  whatsvar</span><span>  game  that  is  oonoluded  tho  speaker.</span><span>  I  havo  made  onquiries  but  cannot</span><span>  aiosrtain  many  particulars  oonoerning</span><span>  it,  but  understand  that  it  is  very</span><span>  popular  so  couolude  thnt  it  is  some  old</span><span>  game  under  a  new  appellation.</span></p> "
      }, {
        "id" : "237595933",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/237595933",
        "heading" : "\"WRAGGE.\"",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "1297",
          "title" : "The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930)"
        },
        "date" : "1902-07-08",
        "page" : "6",
        "pageSequence" : "6",
        "relevance" : {
          "score" : 266.0916748046875,
          "value" : "very relevant"
        },
        "snippet" : "Mr. Clement Wragge has announced his intention of publishing a weekly newspaper, under the title of \"Wragge,\" which will be the official organ of his central weather bureau.",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237595933?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  .  \"WRAGGE,\"</span></p> <p><span>  Mr.  Clement'  Wragge  has  announced  his  inten</span><span>  tion  of  publishing  a  weekly  newspaper,  under  the</span><span>  title  ot  \".Wragge,\"  which  will  bo  the  official</span><span>  organ  of  his  central  weather  bureau.</span></p> "
      }, {
        "id" : "107200975",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/107200975",
        "heading" : "Wragge.",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "514",
          "title" : "The Peak Hill Express (NSW : 1902 - 1952)"
        },
        "date" : "1906-06-01",
        "page" : "19",
        "pageSequence" : "19",
        "relevance" : {
          "score" : 266.030029296875,
          "value" : "very relevant"
        },
        "snippet" : "CLEMENT WRAGGE hovers about like Adam round the back fence of Paradise. The Commonwealth Weather, Bureau is what Wragge is waiting for.",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107200975?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  [?]</span></p> <p><span>  Clsment  Wraoge  hovers  about  like</span><span>  Adam  round  the  back  fence  of  Para</span><span>  dise.  The  Commonwealth  Weather__^</span><span>  Bureau  is  what  Wragge  is  waiting  for.</span><span>  As  a  sort  of  livenfer  he  throws  out  the</span><span>  gratuitous  prophecy  that  AngraUa  »</span></p> <p><span>  going  to  strike  a  wg  arougu*  i»  »-.  -?  «</span><span>  As  The  figures  of  this  year  (lto)  ^J|</span><span>  added  together  make  13  and  ^ie  W-  -  ij</span><span>  lowing  year  will  be  1913  we  inay  r  «x-  -:m</span><span>  pect  something  but  of  ttorif*W;  -1</span><span>  However,  there  is  t»o  doubt  that  5|j</span><span>  Wragge  is  right.  We  ouglit  to  have  a  --m</span><span>  Commonwealth  weather  bureau.  And  ;J|</span><span>  we  ought  to  wake  Wragge  bureauM*.  Jj</span></p> "
      }, {
        "id" : "147659023",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/147659023",
        "heading" : "WRAGGE.",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "739",
          "title" : "The South-Western News (Busselton, WA : 1903 - 1954)"
        },
        "date" : "1906-06-08",
        "page" : "2",
        "pageSequence" : "2",
        "relevance" : {
          "score" : 265.88531494140625,
          "value" : "very relevant"
        },
        "snippet" : "In Hedley's Hall, on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, Mr. Clement Wragge, the eminent astronomical scientist, lectured to appreciative",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147659023?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  WRAGGE.</span></p> <p><span>  In  Hedley's  Hall,  on  Tuesday  and</span><span>  Wednesday  evenings,  Mr.  Clement</span><span>  Wragge,  the  eminent  astronomical</span></p> <p><span>  scientist,  lectured  to  appreciative  ]</span></p> <p><span>  audiences.  \"The  wonders  of  the,j</span></p> <p><span>  Universe\"  and'  \"the  majesty  of</span><span>  Creation,\"  the  titles  of  the  lectures,</span><span>  are  but  poor  descriptions  of  the</span><span>  immensely  instructive  and  unique</span><span>  discourses.  Mr.  Wragge  throws  his</span><span>  whole  being  into  his  descriptions  of</span><span>  the  wonders  and  mysteries  of  the</span></p> <p><span>  Universe,  and  succeeds  in  holding  !</span></p> <p><span>  the  attention  of  his  hearers  to  a</span><span>  marked  extent.  The  lectures  are</span><span>  copiously  illustrated  by  limelight</span><span>  views.  On  Monday  evening  next</span><span>  Mr.  Wragge  will  again  lecture  in</span><span>  Busselton.  On  Tuesday  and  Wed</span><span>  nesday  he  will  visit  Karridale  and</span></p> <p><span>  lecture  in  the  Agricultural  Hall,  and</span><span>  on  Friday  evening  he  will  speak  on</span></p> <p><span>  \"the  wonders  of  the  Universe\"  at</span><span>  the  Cave-house,  Yallingup.</span></p> "
      }, {
        "id" : "245304678",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/245304678",
        "heading" : "WRAGGE.",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "1190",
          "title" : "The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954)"
        },
        "date" : "1873-11-18",
        "page" : "2",
        "pageSequence" : "2",
        "relevance" : {
          "score" : 265.88531494140625,
          "value" : "very relevant"
        },
        "snippet" : "Alderman W[?]agge it is well known is \"great\" at points of order. They are the worthy alderman's sharpest and brightest sword, and his most comprehensive shield.",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245304678?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  WBAGGE.</span></p> <p><span>  A  Id  or  man  Wiaggo  it  is  well  known  is</span><span>  \"great\"  at  points  of  ordor.  They  are  tbe</span><span>  worthy  alderman's  sharpest  and  brightest</span><span>  sword,  and  his  most  comprehensive  shield.</span></p> <p><span>  They  aro  Wra  .ge'ntorrible  tomahawk,  whioh</span><span>  smashes  in  tho  metaphorical  skull  of  an</span><span>  opponent,  bo  it  over  so  tliiok.  They  are  the</span><span>  magic  wand  of  the  great  municipal  conjuror</span><span>  by  whioh  he  gracefully  reverses  the</span><span>  natural  order  of  things  in  tho  City</span><span>  Council,  and  fashions  everything  to  hfa</span><span>  own  will.  l'hoso  points  of  .  order  are</span><span>  all-phwerful  in  tho  hnndB  of  Wragge.</span><span>  But  by  a  oniinus  contradiction,  Alderman</span><span>  Wrague'a  points  of  order,  instead  of  promot-</span><span>  ing  order,  invariably  orento  tho  moat  doplora-</span><span>  blo  rf/sorder.  There  was  a  brief  mepting  of</span><span>  the  oity  council  yesterday,  and  Alderman</span><span>  Wraggo'w  s  there.  The  items  of  business</span><span>  were  no?  numerous,  and  they  wore  mostly  of</span><span>  a  routine  character.  Thore  was  no  opportu-</span><span>  nity  for  lottiug  off  a  point  of  order,  and  for</span><span>  a  ohsngo,  Alderman  Wragge  made  an</span></p> <p><span>  attempt  to  get  the  Mayor  an  iaoroase  o</span><span>  \"screw.\"  Their  worships  the  chief  magis</span><span>  trates  of  the  oity  havo  hitherto  ro</span><span>  oeived  £1000  a-yoar.  as  an  indemnity</span><span>  for  their'  self-sacridce  in  tho  interests  of</span><span>  their  follow  citizens  by  accepting  .  tho  office</span><span>  of  mayor,  and  as  a  trifling  remuneration  for</span><span>  the  arduous  physiosl  and  iatollootnatjlabors</span><span>  devolving  npon  the  holder  of  the  position.</span><span>  But.  Alderman  Wragge,  with  that  'munifl</span><span>  oenoe'  and  generosity  which  always,  charac</span><span>  terises  him,  saw  that  \"  tho  time  had.'oome  \"</span><span>  when'  the  mayor'B  wages  ought  to  bo'  raised  ;</span><span>  and,  thoreforo,  at  the  meeting  of  the  oounoil</span><span>  yesterday  he  moved  that  they  bo  incroasod</span><span>  from  £1000  to  £1600  for  the  year.  But  the</span><span>  great  alderman  who  has  hitherto  held  the</span><span>  position  of  an  autoerat  —  a  dospot  —  in  tho</span><span>  oounoil,  actually  had  not  one  solitary</span><span>  supportor  iu  this  movo  —  not  even  a  per</span><span>  spective  mayor  1  Alas,  for  human  faith  !</span><span>  w  here  were  all  those  who  formerly  looked</span><span>  up  to  Wraggo  with  awo  or  admiration,  and</span><span>  fluttered  around  him  at  the  sound  of  the</span><span>  division  boll  as  moths  round  the  light?  But</span><span>  could  not  tho  worthy  alderman  havo  oarried  '</span><span>  his  point  by  some  point  ol  order  or  other  ?</span><span>  and  if  unable  to  do  this,  could  ho  not  havo</span><span>  managed  to  stop  the  mayor's  \"  sorow  \"  alto</span><span>  gether?  The  ill  fate  of  Alderman  Wragge</span><span>  yesterday,  is  a.  Bign  of  the  timos—  iu  the  City</span><span>  Council  Wragge  has  fallen.</span></p> "
      }, {
        "id" : "124139700",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/124139700",
        "heading" : "\"WRAGGE.\"",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "377",
          "title" : "Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908)"
        },
        "date" : "1902-07-22",
        "page" : "7",
        "pageSequence" : "7",
        "relevance" : {
          "score" : 265.1474304199219,
          "value" : "very relevant"
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        "snippet" : "THE above is the title of a weekly publication issued by Mr. Clement L. Wragge, F.R.G.S., as the official journal of the Central Weather Bureau. \"Fear no man. God",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124139700?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  \"WRAGGE.\"</span><span>  THE  above  is  the  title  of  a  weekly  publica-</span><span>  tion  issued  by  Mr.  Clement  L.  Wragge,</span><span>  t.R.G.S.,  as  the  official  journal  of  the  Central</span><span>  Weather  Bureau.  \"Fear  no  manl.  God</span><span>  save  the  King  !\"  is  the  mananer  in  which  Mr.</span><span>  Wragge  winds  up  his  introductory  article,</span><span>  and  this  is  apparently  his  motto.  He  re</span><span>  mainds  the  public  that  the  Weather  Bureau  is</span><span>  now  subsidised  by  the  Governments  of  Queens</span><span>  land,  New  South  Wales,  and  Tasmanis  to  thlle</span><span>  extentof  £1000  per  annun,  but  as  this  is  lot</span><span>  asflicient  to  carry  it  on  efficiently  he  has</span><span>  -aken  it  into  his  own  hands,  and  appeals  to</span><span>  those  interested  in  the  foreoating  of  the</span><span>  weather  for  assistance.  Also  he  pertiinently</span><span>  -eminds  the  Federal  Government  that  if  they</span><span>  see  fit  to  inaugurate  a  Weather  Bureau  and</span><span>  offer  him  the  position  of  Chief  Meteorologist,</span><span>  he  may  consider  it  or  he  may  not,  but  that  if</span><span>  it  is  run  without  him  his  pnvate  bureau  will</span><span>  *tillbecarried  on,and  thepeopleshall  judgethe</span><span>  results.\"  The  Federalauthoritiencare  likewise</span><span>  gentlyremindedthattheyma,  takethedrawing</span><span>  of  the  Southern  Cross  constellation,  as  appear</span><span>  ing  on  the  front  cover'of  the  publication,  as</span><span>  an  accurate  guide  for  the  design  on  the  Fede</span><span>  alt  lag.  The  issue  underreview  iswritten  in</span><span>  Mr.  Wragge'scharacteristie  literary  style,  and</span><span>  contains  a  good  deal  of  information  of  a  scien</span><span>  tile,  educational,  and  practical  character.</span><span>  -There  is,  among  other  things,  an  article  by</span><span>  Herr  8tiger,  de~alig  with  that  scientist's</span><span>  t?orts  in  preventing  falls  of  hail  in  Italy,</span><span>  with  a  foot.note  by  Mr.  Wragge,  in  which  he</span><span>  promises  that  rain-producing  experiments  by</span><span>  six\"  Stigers\"  will  be  conducted  at  Charlecille</span><span>  shortly.  The  official  portion  of  the  journal</span><span>  deals  with  advices  and  weather  forecasts  for</span><span>  Australasia  and  the  separate  States.</span></p> "
      }, {
        "id" : "280546344",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/280546344",
        "heading" : "Wragge.",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "1887",
          "title" : "Broughton Creek Mail  (Berry, NSW : 1880 - 1881; 1891 - 1893; 1899 - 1907)"
        },
        "date" : "1903-05-14",
        "page" : "2",
        "pageSequence" : "2",
        "relevance" : {
          "score" : 265.1474304199219,
          "value" : "very relevant"
        },
        "snippet" : "Nowra is to be favored with a visit from Australia’s greatest meteorological  scientist and astronomer, Mr Clement L. Wragge, who will give one of his educational",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article280546344?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  Wrngge.</span></p> <p><span>  Kov  rA  is  to  Hb  favored  with  a  visit  I  Tin</span><span>  Auutiuiia's  greatest  metuorolo^i  Mil  seientitt</span><span>  ruid  astronomer,  Mr  Clement  L.  WrftRgei</span><span>  who  will  give  one  of  his  odncationai  enter*</span><span>  tainmonts  in  the  School  of  Arts  hftU  on</span><span>  Friday  eveniii\"  n«*t,  15lh.  Th»  -uhloot  for</span><span>  the  evening  will  be  \"A  Voj««  Through</span><span>  the  Universe.\"  The  great  1  ana  telescope</span><span>  and  the  moon,  &c.,  will  lie  illustntted  -with</span><span>  magnificent  pictures,  most  of  which  have</span><span>  never  taoen  seen  in  the  Kwes  before.  My</span><span>  Wr»(5iie  h.w  filled  so  laigo  a  plaoe  in  the</span><span>  imagination  of  Aitstmlinns  in  his  weather</span><span>  forecasts,  possuasiug  almost  miraculous</span><span>  poweitf  thai  i  he  oiiportnuity  of  viewing</span><span>  M  \"  in  person  \"  will  uo  iloulit  he  largely  '</span><span>  Availed  of.</span></p> "
      }, {
        "id" : "83156754",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/83156754",
        "heading" : "\"WRAGGE.\"",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "275",
          "title" : "The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1955)"
        },
        "date" : "1903-02-05",
        "page" : "3",
        "pageSequence" : "3",
        "relevance" : {
          "score" : 265.1474304199219,
          "value" : "very relevant"
        },
        "snippet" : "We have received from the editor, Mr. Clement L. \"Wragge, the current issue of his meteorological periodical, which contains \"many cheerful facts.\"",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83156754?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  'WRAGGE.'   </span></p> <p><span>  We  have  received  from  the  editor,</span><span>  Mr.  Clement  L.  Wragge,  the  current</span><span>  issue  of  his  meteorological  periodical,</span><span>  which  contains  \"many  cheerful  facts.\"</span></p> <p><span>  For  example:—  'We  go  abroad  and  in</span><span>  struct  as  occasion  requires,  locking  into</span><span>  the  manner  in  which  our  pet  barome</span><span>  ters  and  thermometers  are  managed,</span><span>  and  supplies  the  want  in  the  shape  of</span><span>  a  milk-white  animal  'personal  equation'</span><span>  attaching  to  our  honored  and  well-be-</span><span>  loved  army  of  observers  and  officers.'</span><span>  We  do  not  understand  how  a  personal</span><span>  equation  can  be  a  milk-white  animal,</span><span>  but  the  difficulty  is  solved  to  some  ex</span></p> <p><span>  tent  by  an  extract  from  another  para</span><span>  raph:  —  \"Our  next,  concern  is  to  hire</span><span>  a  horse  presumably  accustomed  to  the</span><span>  sloughy  scrub  tracks,  and  a  friend  of</span><span>  mine  host  supplies  the  want  in  the  shape</span><span>  of  a  milk-white  animal  strangely  spotted</span><span>  with  bluish-grey,  which  rejoices  in  the</span><span>  name  of  'Lumington,'  after  our  late</span><span>  worthy  Governor.\"  It  is  also,  interest</span><span>  ing  to  learn  that  \"the  proximate  initial</span><span>  cause  of  the  rotation  of  cosmic  bodies</span><span>  is  probably  their  unequal  cooling  and</span><span>  contraction  while  gravitating  towards</span><span>  the  sun  or  common  centre  of  attraction,</span><span>  and  the  subsequent  gradual,  arrange</span><span>  ment  of  by  far  the  greater  part  of  their</span><span>  mass  nearer  to  their  equatorial  circum</span><span>  ference  than  to  their  ceture,  through</span><span>  the  operation  of  well-known  dynamical</span><span>  centrifugal  forces.  The  cause  of  the      </span><span>  different  inclinations  of  the  axes  to  the</span><span>  plane  of  the  orbits  would  then  be  the</span><span>  variation  of  the  planes,  in  which  origin</span><span>  ally  the  major  part  of  their  masses  were</span><span>  arranged.\"         </span></p> <p><span>  This  paper  is  described  as  being  edited,</span><span>  owned,  and  published  by  Clement  Lind</span><span>  ley  Wragge,  meteorologist  and  journa</span><span>  list.  (We  have  heard  a  paper  called  a</span><span>  'rag'  before  now—  Editor  'D.N.')</span></p> "
      }, {
        "id" : "121390794",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/121390794",
        "heading" : "Wragge's Forecast.",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "490",
          "title" : "The Clarence River Advocate (NSW : 1898 - 1949)"
        },
        "date" : "1907-05-10",
        "page" : "1",
        "pageSequence" : "1",
        "relevance" : {
          "score" : 241.9702606201172,
          "value" : "very relevant"
        },
        "snippet" : "Just four years ago, Mr. Clement Wragge was speaking at Inverell, and his forecast is worth repeating here as showing to what",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121390794?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  Wraggo's  Forecast.</span></p> <p><span>  Just  four  years  ago,  Mr.  Clement</span><span>  Wragge  was  speaking  at  Inverell,</span><span>  and  his  forecast  is  worth  repeat</span><span>  ing  here  as  showing  to  what  de</span><span>  gree  he  has  been  correct  or  other</span><span>  wise.  Mr.  Wragge  said  that  the</span><span>  drought  had  broken,  and  that</span><span>  1904  would  be  an  improvement</span><span>  on  the  previous  year.  This  im</span></p> <p><span>  provement  would  probably  con</span><span>  tinue  in  1905  and  1906,  perhaps</span><span>  1907.  Then  fair  seasons  would</span><span>  be  experienced  till  1911,  when</span><span>  there  would  be  a  drought  lasting</span><span>  till  19x3.  )</span></p> "
      }, {
        "id" : "125738218",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/125738218",
        "heading" : "Wragge's Forecast.",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "504",
          "title" : "The Southern Record and Advertiser (Candelo, NSW : 1910 - 1938)"
        },
        "date" : "1924-11-22",
        "page" : "2",
        "pageSequence" : "2",
        "relevance" : {
          "score" : 241.9702606201172,
          "value" : "very relevant"
        },
        "snippet" : "The late Mr Cement. Wragge, eminent meteorologist in 1915 predicted a drought in 1924, and that in 1925 conditions would begin to improve.",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125738218?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  ;  Wragge's  Forecast.</span></p> <p><span>  The  late  Mr  Clpment,  Wragge,  emi-  1</span><span>  nent  meteorologist,  in  1915  predicted  |</span><span>  a  drought  in  1924,  and  that  in  1925  j</span><span>  conditions  would  begin  to  improve.  I</span><span>  His  lor.g  distance  forecast  was  as  j</span></p> <p><span>  follows  :  From  the  middle  of  1915</span><span>  onwards  the  rainfall  will  increase</span><span>  markedly,  and  from  1916  to  1920,</span><span>  inclusive,  the  seasons  will  be  distinctly</span><span>  good,  with  a'undant,  precipitation,</span><span>  hut  lessened  by  ;nnar  inflnence  After</span><span>  1920  the  rainfall  will  begin  to  fall  off</span><span>  stead  ly,  and  the  worst  of  the  next</span><span>  gre:it  under-averasr''  periods  will  be  in</span><span>  1923  and  1924,  and  Australians  will</span><span>  he  justified  in  calling  it  a  'drought.'</span><span>  hi  1925  matters  will  improve,  and</span><span>  good  seasons  will  prevail  from  1926</span><span>  to  1930.  inclusive.</span></p> "
      }, {
        "id" : "167923744",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/167923744",
        "heading" : "Mr. Wragge.",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "702",
          "title" : "The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer (NSW : 1898 - 1954)"
        },
        "date" : "1898-11-19",
        "page" : "2",
        "pageSequence" : "2",
        "relevance" : {
          "score" : 241.9702606201172,
          "value" : "very relevant"
        },
        "snippet" : "Mr. Wragge forecasts a disturbance travelling eastward will shortly produce increase of temperature. MAIL TENDERS.—The tender of S.",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167923744?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  Mr  Wrasse</span></p> <p><span>  Mr..  Wragge  forecasts  a  disturbance</span><span>  travelling  eastward  will  shortly  pro</span><span>  duce  increase  of  temperature.</span></p> <p><span>  Mail  Tenders.—  The  tender  of  S.</span></p> <p><span>  W.  Lightley  at  £21  has  been  accep</span><span>  ted  for  conveyance  of  mails  between</span><span>  Kew  and  Kendall,  and  that  of  E.  C</span><span>  Naylor  at  £50  for  mail  between</span><span>  Telegraph  Point  and  Rollands</span><span>  Flam</span></p> "
      }, {
        "id" : "174028050",
        "url" : "https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/newspaper/174028050",
        "heading" : "Wragge's Forecast.",
        "category" : "Article",
        "title" : {
          "id" : "881",
          "title" : "The Macleay Chronicle (Kempsey, NSW : 1899 - 1952)"
        },
        "date" : "1899-07-20",
        "page" : "4",
        "pageSequence" : "4",
        "relevance" : {
          "score" : 241.9702606201172,
          "value" : "very relevant"
        },
        "snippet" : "The Queensland Meteorological Bureau forecast scattered rain along the southern border, central and coastal parts south from the Clarence Heads under strong S.W. to",
        "troveUrl" : "https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174028050?searchTerm=wragge",
        "articleText" : "<p><span>  Wrapee's  Forecast.</span></p> <p><span>  The  Queensland  Meteorological  Bureau</span><span>  forecast  scattered  rain  along  the  southern</span><span>  border,  central  and  coastal  parts  south  from</span><span>  the  Clarence  Heads  under  strong  S.W.  to</span><span>  southerly  winds.  Bough  Bea  south  from</span><span>  Sydney,</span></p> "
      } ]
    }
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