HOW THE TURKS KEEP TIME.
There is one custom at least in the Ottoman dominions in Europe that causes foreign visitors « great" deal of ti-qub.o and confusion. This is tho Turkish system of reckoning time. A Turk holds that the day begins exactly at sunset; and, accordingly, at that time ho sets his clocks sand watches at the hour of twelve. In view of the fact th,at the sun has the same habits in presiding over Turkey that it exercises with rereroncc to other -localities, it follows timt tins system of reckoning time reqmrca sotting the clocks every day It appears that a watch that could'run for weeks, without gaining or losing a minute would bo of no special value to a lurk.
She: " You used to be a health* man. ' 3
Ho; " Yes; I had a strong constitution before tho doctors amended at,"
Smith: " Jones seems to hay» »« thought for anything exeent his clothes.
Brown: " Yes. he is pexfectlj wrapped un in them."
Some people seem to think thej wer« meant for a better world because they have made such a mess of thin one.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19120518.2.40.41
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 18 May 1912, Page 12 (Supplement)
Word Count
186HOW THE TURKS KEEP TIME. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 18 May 1912, Page 12 (Supplement)
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in