Stylo 226 in Warner's Rust-proof Cotsets—correct corset for the girlish slender figure. Local Drapers—Advt. A talking olock has been placed on the market at Berlin. Instead of striking periodically the clock calls outthe exact time every quarter of an hour "in a clear human voioe." The mechanism can be 60 adjusted that "these' announcements ceaso at a certain time and continue again automatically after a stipulated interval. Betting losses which he met out of naval funds in his charge were the cause of the dismissal with disgrace of an assistant paymaster from the Service at a court-martial at Devonport (England). Charles A. C. Robinson, of the battleship Caesar, was accused of embezzling .£lB7, and of .making a false entry in a cashbook. The fleet paymaster, beforo going on leave, had committed £1308 to Robinson's care. The accused pleaded guilty, and in a written statement expressed his repentance. He explained that ho attended Totnes races, and, having lost the money he took with him, he was persuaded to continue betting, as the bookmaker offered to give him credit.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1620, 11 December 1912, Page 8
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