Show twenty lour four Oc loek after may I 1 all official in belgium will be done on the j to 24 principle and clocks that bobiy the government regulations will bu kept very busy striking the hours as nid aid night approaches whether the belgian people in general will readily fall in with an innovation of this kin kill I 1 remains to to be seen but already mel mec are at work repainting the faces of all the off official iclal clocks and in place like railway stations etc the dials now bear wit within bla the old circle ot of roman figueras fl fi guras another formed of tile die arabic figures from rom I 1 13 3 to 24 this will help one over the difficulty of 0 translating the afternoon atter roon and evening boya into the terms of 0 the new system tit rather ol of the old ore one revived and the advocates ot of the change are hopeful that it will soon be possible for ovar one to say 16 or 22 oc look without performing a problem in men mantal arithmetic r ex 1 |