Two clerical friends were trying tc catch a train the other day. One of them, who was very proud of bis lately acquired and costly presentation watch, insisted that they still had plenty of time, but on arriving in sight of the station the train was keen steaming away. "Oh," said he of the brand-new "ticker," "I b&d such faith in my chronometer." "It would be better if you had gooc •works in it," replied the other id disgust. 1764 TAKING RANGE for SHIPS' GUNS The luminous nightshell that th< ißritish Admiralty has been testing jhas screwed to its base a cylinder o lilluminant that bursts into flame ai •the gun is fired. The missile is verj i brightly lighted through its whol< greatly aiding the gun ners in estimating range, but pre isenting a strange »and weird appear ianGe« iL
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 493, 21 August 1912, Page 2
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