WHAT ABOUT A TOWN CLOCK?

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 48, 11 February 1944, Page 4

WHAT ABOUT A TOWN CLOCK?

IF there is one glaring oversight in this town of ours it is the almost complete absence of any method to checking-up the correct time. In the street wall of our ancient post office a circular opening allows of a prim faced clock of Victorian vintage to point accusingly to 9 o'clock. This passive resistence to the more enlightened public opinion is relieved occasionally by spurts of industry which languish however under the strain of the damning fact that the clock is an outcast—not owned by the Postal Authorities or any one else who would be willing to shoulder the re- 1 sponsibility of winding it up. A large modern clock in a prominent position in the town is badly needed. Perhaps some of our more substantial businessmen might feel the urge to institute this public amenity by attaching it to one of the larger buildings, or the Chamber of Commerce might test the feeling of its members on the matter. Who ever takes tthe matter up and brings it to an actual head will, we are sure earn the undying gratitude of the public of the Whakateme town and district as a whole.