Government Life Clock

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32034, 8 July 1969, Page 14

Government Life Clock

Sir, —What is wrong with the clock at the top of the Government Life building? My office is situated so as to give me a clear view of the clock. I am hot exaggerating when I say that at least 50 per cent of the time the clock is either giving an incorrect indication of the time, or else is not working at all. According to the clock this afternoon the time readings between 3.17 p.m. and 3.31 p.m. were as follows: 3.17, 3.18, 3.29, 3.20, 3.21, 3.22, 3.27, 3.24, 3.25, 3.20, 3.29, 3.29, 3.29, 3.39. Several of the bulbs need to to be replaced.—Yours, etc., CAPRICE MARTTOM. June 30, 1969.

[Mr W. A. S. Clark, district manager for the Government Life Insurance Office, replies: “The clock is an excellent job of electrical engineering and is under a full-time servicing contract The service provided is, in my opinion, firstclass and in any cases of even very minor faults the serviceman has always come on the job immediately. While we have recently had occasions when relays have jammed or failed, I cannot but regard your correspondent’s statements as flippant. However, as he or she obviously is in a good position to observe, and has time to do so, 1 would appreciate a ring any time a fault \is noticed, and in return will promise that a serviceman will be on the job immediately. In providing a service to the public, in this case time and temperature, our office is conscious of the fact that it must be accurate and reliable, and your correspondent can be assured that every effort is made to ensure that this is, in fact, the case.”]