A "CHAMBERLAIN” CLOCK
.Wax mannequins for males in the Paris Exhibition have a decided resemblance to Mr Austen Chamberlain. There is something of a parallel for this kind of flattery in the Chamber* lain family. : In 1903,' the late Mr Joseph Chamberlain was very much in the limelight, in connection with his tariff reform advocacy, a Bavarian clockmaker produced a clock surmounted with a figure of Chamberlain making a speech, which emerged when the clock struck. . Someone bought a sample of this new clock and brought it to England, with the result that - the enterprising manufacturer received an order for 22,000 clocks.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12315, 9 December 1925, Page 4
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102A "CHAMBERLAIN” CLOCK New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12315, 9 December 1925, Page 4
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