THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2568, 31 July 1909, Page 5

THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS.

FURTHER REPORTS. IPeii Press Association., TIMARU, July 30. A mysterious light, alleged to be an airship passed over Timaru at ten o’clock- fast evening. Tyhe harbormaster, Captain Tait interviewed tins morning,; said he had seen the light, and it was nothing more than a ball ox concentrated electricity, known to sailore as “Jack o’ lantern”—a frequent * Co T p “ im soA resident of the Buller district the other morning at 4 o’clock saw a mysterious object floating over Mount Rochfort, somewhat resembling a fire balloon, hut too far off for him to judge accurately what the object was. INVERCARGILL, July 30. There is nothing convincing to report in regard to the airship. The “News” to-night publishes a statement that 23 children at a local school saw the ship in daylight yesterday afternoon, and prints two diagrams drawn by the children . Idle two diagrams are not a hit alike, and the’testimony of the children need not be taken very soriously. A rumor gained currency this afternoon that a telegram had come to this office announcing the capture of an.airship at Wailcaka, and up to the present over a hundred people have made inquiries.at the ..office: - The story has no foundation in fact. ; ,