The third service ts that maintained by the Shanthal Power Ca,, in the form of an "astronomteal clock" at the Riverside Station. All electric clocks {in the Settlement, both private and public, get their time from this one, which' rosulates the frequency of the current along the power lines. An extra hand {s fitted to this clock. and 8 power company employee regularly sees to it that this hand keeps time with the regular hands. The frequency fof the current ts altered to make for geins or losses by either hand: as the service does not apply in the French Concession, this explains why fan electric clock which kept perfect time in Vu Yuen Road, for instance, follo to do #0, say, tu Avenue Joffre.
Closely Tinked with the latter service one maintained by a toca} radio station. where time signals. "correct to within two seconds at all times." fare broadcast ut rosular Intervals throughout the day. to the benefit of those without electric time-pieces. The "astronomical clocks" are Kept accurate by the Fathers at the Siccawei Observatory.
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