BIG BEN'S LAPSES.
SECOND OUT 21 TIMES, That Big Ben was frequently wrong in the past year was a revelation maaa by the Astronomer Royal to the board of visitors to the Observatory at GreenOn 21 occasions London's famous clock was more than one second in jrror an on 104 occasions between half and SC On d tho other hand (he time balls at the Admiralty signal stations at Portsmouth and Portland proved better timekeepers. They were never more than * second in error and on only two occasions were they between half a second and one second. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20620, 19 July 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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