France is going to have twenty-four-hour clocks. The railroad stations will be furnished with timepieces the faces of which will mart twenty-four hours instead of twelve One will no longer take a train ai 20 minutes past 1 iu the afternoon, but at 13.20. Instead of saying 4 o'clock, one will say "16 o'closk.' Theatrical performances will com nrn-c at 20 o'clock or half-past 20.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 637, 24 January 1914, Page 7
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65Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 637, 24 January 1914, Page 7
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