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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18069, 17 March 1923, Page 6

THE VALUE OF TIME. •yO CHARLEMAGNE’S Court from far-away Bagdad came an oriental water-clock. King of the Frank 6 and Roman Emperor, the mighty Charlemagne was ever mindful of the value of Time. For his empire was vast, his government personal: he must needs make moments count. Education, brushed aside in his youthful fighting days, became his burning ambition. While he ate he listened • to history. While he dressed he gave audience to pleas for justice. Wakeful nights found him struggling to learn to write. Time made the unlettered monarch one of the greatest educators of the Middle Ages. : Haroun-al-Raschid, caliph of Bagdad, read the secret of Charlemagne’s power and paid it subtle tribute—a wondrous water-clock inlaid with gold. Proudest possession of a proud empire, eleven centuries ago—yet how crude a device compared to those marvellous timekeepers of our own day—

'J'HERE IS A CROWN WATCH FOR EVERYONE — SMALL WATCHES JEWELLED WATCHES RADIUM WATCHES And so on. Watches for every purpose. Watches that can be relied upon to give accurate, faithful service. OUR FAMOUS RIVAL WATCH—sturdy, hard-wearing, accurate, and good looking, Now costs 30/THE HEAVY RAILWAY WATCH 60/-, and so on throughout the CROWN JEWELLERY CO,’S line of GUARANTEED WATCHES FOR MEN, WOMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS. BOY’S WATCH, 9/6. YOU BUY OUR GUARANTEED WATCHES. CROWN JEWELLERY CO. W AIM ATE. EXPERTS FOR WATCH REPAIRS. JEWELLERY REPAIRS. R. R. G. RATTRAY, HIGH ST., W AIM ATE (Opposite Arcadia Theatre). LAND, STOCK, AND GENERAL AGENT. Now that an inquhy has set in for Hill Property would like any intending purchasers to approach him re Sheep Places in the Waimate District. , Also to inform Clients that he will be purchasing FAT LAMBS for Messrs R. and F. WALLIS during tho ensuing year, and will always bo pleased to give them Quotations.

R. W. HUTT AND CO., TAILORS, QUEEN STREET , W AIM ATE. MR HUTT begs to notify his many friends in Town and Country that he has RESUMED BUSINESS in his old premises. NEW STOCKS of HIGH-CLASS TWEEDS AND WORSTEDS just arrived. Before sending your work out of the town, inspect our Stocks and Prices. All Garments made on the Premises • FOR QUALITY of Material, Fit, and Workmanship we more than hold our own with outside firms. Old AddressOPPOSITE COUNTY COUNCIL OFFICE. TIMARU CHIMNEY SWEEPING COMPANY. ADDRESS: 87 YORK STREET. (Syd Plaw, Manager.) Spring Cleaning now on. Send your orders to Mr Craig’s Wood and Coal Merchant, Church Street. ’Phone-