TIME BALL, LYTTELTON.
Che time ball is dropped d&Hy. Sundays and holidays excepted, at 1 o'clock p-m., New Zealand mean time, whioh is equivalent to 13&) Greenwich mean time of the lS™fS? 8 n calculated tor the 5* ¥^ M 6 *ad Whr attain fan of Greenwich mean time. The ball will be raised at about 2min J° !WV aad be at the top about tanin to 1 p.m. When taking the time be careful to aote the exact moment the ball leaves the tog of the mast. _ Should the ball not drop at the proper tuna, ift will be kept at the top for at least two minutes, and then lowered slowly. Fbases or thk Moor. Oalenleted for New Zealand Mean Time, Mat. __ D. H. V. fall moon 5 8 39 a.m. Last quarter 12 3 62 a.m. Hew moon 19 7 49 a.m. Fhrst quarter ... ... 27 10 4 a.m *9QgM—24d llh _u~u Perigee—9d 9h. a.m.
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Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7546, 8 May 1890, Page 4
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