TIMED BY LIGHTS.
NO MORE BORING SPEECHES. LONDON, Nov. 26. The Tunbridge \Vells( Kent) Chamber of Trade has successfully counteracted boring after-dinner speakers by means of gren and red electric lights. The former are shown after four minutes’ speaking, and at the end of five minutes a red flash appears. ' The audience signifies its desire for continuance by silence, and for cessation by applause.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 9, 8 December 1926, Page 13
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64TIMED BY LIGHTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 9, 8 December 1926, Page 13
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