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CLOCK STOPS AT ARMISTICE.
COINCIDENCE. AT ARMENTIERES.
A former British officer has sent a letter to the Mayor of Armcntiexcs stating that the hands of. tho town clock, which have been missing since the armistice, arc being returned. As the result of the shellfire the eloeik stopped at 11.30, and this w r as regarded as an omen of tho time tho war /would end, which was subsequently justified, and the hands were taken as souvenirs.
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Patea Mail, Volume XLIX, 17 August 1927, Page 4
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76CLOCK STOPS AT ARMISTICE. Patea Mail, Volume XLIX, 17 August 1927, Page 4
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