A valuable suggestion, we understand, has been put before the Rev. Father Froe, and we believe that there is every chance of its being adopted. The position is this, that with the new Wayfoong building stretching daily higher, the Customs tower is now hidden from the south end of the Bund, and its clock which used to keep the people at that end of the town up to scratch, is obscured. The case is obviously strong, therefore, for -a clock dial some place else, where it will be visible to all and sundry, and the Semaphore Station has been suggested. There are many points in its favour. With dials 10 or 12 feet in diameter facing the four principal points of the compass, it would be visible to most of the people in the Bund district and across the river, and that is an essential now lacking in the case of the Customs clock. Further, by having the control of Shanghai's time under the direction of Siccawei, we should be at all moments having the most accurate time possible. It is to be hoped that something
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