STANDARD TIME
PRESENT SYSTEM DEVISED BY CANADIAN. TORONTO. Sixty years ago, a Canadian of Scottish descent devised the system of standard time which was later adopted by every country of the world. This system provided for the change of one hour at every meridian and obviated the constant changing cf timepieces necessary with the development of methods of travelling. This Canadian, knighted for his contribution to the economy of the world, was Sir Sandford Fleming.
A fitting ceremony was held here recently when a plaque was unveiled on the building which used to be the home of the Canadian Institute where Sir Sandford Fleming first advanced his •.heory for the regulation of clocks and the time element in world commerce.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 January 1939, Page 9
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