Anion? the many bountiful presents received by tho Royal Family of Japan on the occasion of the recent, coronation, is a clock given by residents of Washington, and Alaska. Tho clock stands -iit Hin high, and has four sterling silver dials. Tr.s frame is made of steel, the ornamentation of bronze, and three panels in the standard are of onyx. A fourth panel is of bevelled glass, through which practically all tho mechanism can be seen. The four dials show, respectively, th» time at Tokio, Piigot. Sound, New York ;uid Greenwich. Surrounding tho timepiece, is a. globe which makes one revolution every twenty-fetor hours. The sun's position in relation to the earth is indicated by a gilded ball mounted at one aide of tho globe.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12066, 23 July 1917, Page 5
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