17 FEBRUARY 1872, page 12

Correspondence.

THE MAORIS. [Fsom I CORRESPONDKNT.] November 6, 1871. I BELIEVE there is a prevalent impression that the Northern Island of New Zealand is a possession of the British Crown. I......

The Horror Of Astronomical Catastrophes.

T HE Swiss Times alarmed half the world the other day by threatening us with that particular form of sensa- tional bogy which, because it has a quasi-scientific authority,......