France is going to have twenty-four-hour clocks. The railroad stations .will be furnished with time-pieces the faces of which will mark twenty-four hours instead of twelve. One will no longer take a tram at 20 minutes past 1 in the afternoM, but at 13.20. Instead of savine i odock, one will sav "16 o'clock." Theatrical performances will commence at 20 o clock or half-past 20. Madgc-"What makes yoii think that handsome lmuie teacher is mercenary?" ,Marjono-"Ho charges Dolly's father ten shillings an hour for making love to her "
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1338, 16 January 1912, Page 5
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88Untitled Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1338, 16 January 1912, Page 5
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