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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6536, 18 February 1928, Page 7

t am not allowed to go out into the World until I have won a certificate proving me to bo trustworthy. The trouble and time spent on making me Is amazing. When lam complete, and in working order, I go to a special place to take my exam! This consists If' being nearly frozen'to test my ability to keep my head in icy regions and then being nearly cooked to see whether I can keep cool in the tropics. If I come through these two tests I am given my certificate, and of I go to a brave ship, there to mark time for the rest of my life. 1 am the sailor’s friend —tho chronometer. I lie flat in a box and I am consulted at regular intervals during tho day and night; thanks to me the sailor can tell where he is because I keep time with Greenwich, which keeps time with the stars. There was a time when the ships sailed the seas without knowing exactly where they were, and many were lost The people who ruled England ■were distressed for their ships, and offered a reward of £20,000 to anyone who invented a timpiece which would tell the sailor where he was. Now in the year 1683 John Harriton was born. When he grew up he lecame a clock-maker, and then he longed to make a super-clock which