THE CLOCKS OF CHRISTCHURCH.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 7

THE CLOCKS OF CHRISTCHURCH.

:y,V ir^r:(By^^leßraph;^ipeoiai'..Corr^ipondent.).'' /■£:i'K;\;';k//£v'£C j J•/ S : -The.: difference/ in - the - time - recorded; ;'"':/:///by'/the;post;'6ffice;:clocli: and;the.';clook/ ''.■ "'VVtower, clock''became ;v so"•.-: marked sprue :'.//a, .little;: time- ago'/that';the/City Council' ;^: • ;.leta ;cbntrabt fco| a. firm for.; the synchro--//:.'/-:,;riisation ojVthe.town;:clocks,;'? with,-:.;a ■' :.j- ---;', '-']:i .'; ;.vrill .be' an undoubted;;bene-. ; ;/ ;i ! /ifit/wheh; it'is.'finished; but,; in the:inean-. ;.;. : /;time,vthe':resultHs somewhat;inconveni-; ).";Vf;-;-\ißnt;'"'jfor ; v.fte ; -ipMt-?o.ffi '■■ . ;>;~:r;piece: .with 1 a .;fine;-;reputation''for :regu--v r;;;;;iarity;;lwhiohfsets>the/ time//:for : rail j , ;: fv;i. Christehurch,_|inclu'ding: the-trains—has ,-.': - ////developed v.;:'irregularities'; : 'i- ■ ';■'. /Yesterday /■/£: ;:It/'wtls/about 15 ' minutes fast, VV// the;. Square /were der -';-..'■.; : ;;':s ;"-'-'iV;;'.v /When the'ppst. office .'chimes began' to :";;;^; ; or ■. fifteen', i ;..:/ : : niinuteslbefow.the.;proper time, .a sort v;.- -of:,:electrical;Veffect s ,was, noticeable in 1;: -:,- ;'the Square;; '[/he'New,Zealand working '.'man'took his/hahds/out of,his' pockets, /;/;'■, .removed his pipe, /threw/his head back, //;/ C-aj?d; sprinted.openly and 'unashamed for' : the:yace.of ihis,employment. Pert'fac- : .:> /;' tory '/ girls letf; their.-. conversations * fall ■ //: : ;,\ to pieces/.witb'|the: strokes of - the- chimes, ; :/;>;/?: and;put on:as"much'pace as their skirts ':;: :/rand;'their-.'dig-nity,, permitted. ''Everybody, wore .a".. prried :lbbk./. Thestriking '; of 9 o'clock bifought along'a repetitionof :;:;;•: the ; hurrying/ scenes. '.The .shopgirls' % : fairly ■ .'chimes Jell on /;,;: their the business ; man': held ;:'':;/ his/hat on with/one hand, arid his 'hand-:''V.'.'-\'tag|with,:the'/dther,-"'.while.he':sprinted y, ./ for: office/:and work..:,' It is,'of course. a bad thing to be five minutes late at ; the,,office, ; in; What" they '.'itf''.- all said t when' they..found:' that;.their r , hurry and:alarm had.been unnecessary must.be left to the 1 imagination. ■■:..•-. •