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j A lineal descendant of the famed I grar j father 's clock which was too I large for the shelf has apparently j migrated to Auckland, though its I message was happier than that of the poem. Mr. W. Marshall, who has been connected with the business life of Auckland ior half a eenturv, decided to retire, and handing over ihe reins to his successors, he wrote out his resignation from the managlng- ! directorate in their presenee. He had i just completed his signature to vhe j document when a knoc-k came at the | door. "The clock has stopped. Can j you tell me the time " askc I a meni!>er of the office stalf. That clock I had been in the place for 20 yeavs, j and in all that time it had given faithj ful and ceaseless serviee, its first ( stop coming_ simultan eously with the j Aill stop in its pijincipal e-wnVi j active business life. The clock has ) been repaired and, like its former : owner, is stlll going strong. I
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5286, 24 December 1946, Page 3
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