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Show World Date Line Only Matter of Convenience CuMom iiiul I In" rum i'iiii'iu'0 nt (ho JHllllii ri'lllilll'S till' tuIiM'MMt Ioum) il:ili 1 ! 1 1 ns II ilius Ilu illvisliiiiM ln'iwtvn llu Unit' lu'lls In i In- I'nlti'il SUltl'S. The.M1 llo lli't follow llUTllI Inns. Tin' I mio lu'lts In llio l'nilo.1 Stiitos iiro roi;iil:ili'il li.v ttio lnlor-slato lnlor-slato ronmioivo romiiilssion, tint tin I'nr I'nst tins iii'mt Iiiul a confor oiioo. Inti-niatlonul or loi'al, to i-stati llsh tin' ilato lino. It wonlil I'o iiu'oiivonii'iit. for ex-iiinpli', ex-iiinpli', for soino of tin1 Kill ishuiits to liavo a ilitToront ilny than Australia Aus-tralia or Now Zoalanil, or to have the day of the week illlTer from one Islainl to another. 1'ntil recently man milkers illlTereil on the loeatlon of the International date line. A few years nsn Prof, (iivr-e Paviilson of the Pnlversity of California, formerly of the V'nitivl States i-oiist ami peoiletie survey, eonilneteil tin extensive correspond-enee correspond-enee with tlie redons npproxlmately Uiuler the ilate line to see what line was actually roivnizeil hy the people peo-ple who lived there, lie drew a line on the map ns a result of his In vestisation ami practically all car toi;raphers follow It. |