A SENSIBLE PETITION.
One of the features of the Paris Exhibition is the handsome prism-shaped stand of Waterbury "Watches containing several thousands of these cheap but astonishingly accurate timekeepers. They are all in full going order, and there is scarcely half a I minute's difference in the time to be seen amongst them. It takes two men several hours every morning to wind them up. The stand, which is some twenty feet in height, ia the subject of much cariosity and admiration. By the way, there is quite a joke in our office over the fact that some of the successful competitors in our sports a fortnight ago, to whom the silver watches fell, have petitioned to have them exchanged for "Waterburys. Their request is a very sensible one. I have three or four gold and silver watches at home, one of them being a presentation watch from H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, whom I once gallantly rescued at the peril of my life in a street scuffle from a ferocious and murderous reporter. But 1 leave theee watches at home, and have carried a Waterbury for years. — Sporting Truth.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6830, 18 April 1890, Page 1
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190A SENSIBLE PETITION. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6830, 18 April 1890, Page 1
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