SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRIC CLOCK.

Otago Witness, Issue 2924, 30 March 1910, Page 66

SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRIC CLOCK.

The intention of the Government to keep New Zealand up to date by introducing the latest improvements into the public service has just been demonstrated in Dunedin by the installation into the Railwa.% Station of the svnchronome system of electno clocks. This secures uniform time in all the offices in the building, and when the contract is complete the turret and large platform clock will also be included. Th* whole of the dials are controlled by a master clock, which is electricalK self-wound every half minute by means of an electrks current, from a battery of 20 Le Clanche cells, and at the same time an electrio impulse is given to all the hands on the dials, causing them to work uniformly. The winding required in the ordinary clocks and the heavy weight used to operate the turret clock, .weighing several, hundred pounds, is entirely dispensed with, the movement of the latter being secured by a small electric motor of about g horse-power. The first.installation of these electric clocks was fitted in the Wellington Telegraph' Office 12 months ago, and the time-keeping proved so accurate and economical on a run: of six months that further orders were placed with Mr A. E. Dewar, of Auckland, the company's representativt in New Zealand, for the Auckland Telegraph Office, Christchurch Post and Telegraph, Dunedia Railway Station, and other offices, while the Christchurch 3ity Council ordered an installation, including the jubilee memorial clock, Post Office turret, and the Counoil Chambers. The work has been executed under the direction of Mr Alf. G. Jackson, the manager for the company in Australasia.