TIME BALL. LYTTELTON.
The time ball is dropped daily, Sundays tad holidays excepted, at 1 o'clock p.m., gwr Zealand mean time, which is eqaivan t to 13,80 Greenwich mean time of the fwerioue day. being calculated for the ffar BCr East Longitude, and llhr 30min fast of Greenwich mean time. The ball will be raised at about 2min tolp.au, and will be at the top about tmin to 1 p.m. i When taking the time be careful to goto the exaOt moment the ball leaven the fcop of the maeC bfeould the «aii !>ot drop at the proper time,« will fee kept »t the top lor ac least (wo minutes, and then lowered aiowiy.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7803, 5 March 1891, Page 4
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TIME BALL. LYTTELTON.
Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7803, 5 March 1891, Page 4
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