NA E D O O T. There is generally a few minutes difference between the Town Hall time and that of the clock at the Colonial Bank ; but then that is not to be wondered at, because the best chronometers vary and require frequent rating. Where mechanism of a delicate and extremely complicated nature is employed to produce a given result, a « great deal of expense naturally follows. The only horological insrurnent so far that never varies is the Waterbuvy Watch, which, possessing less than half the mechanism of a Swiss or English watch, is not liable t,o disorder, an# in" case of accident can be repaired for the nominal sum of half a crown. This wonjderful watch, faithful to its trust, ticka on, year in and year out, with an accuracy aa certain and implacable as fat-3.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1970, 22 August 1889, Page 13
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138Page 13 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Witness, Issue 1970, 22 August 1889, Page 13
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