This was a paragraph in a general article under the heading
THE ARGUS
During his address yesterday in Wesley Church, Mr
WH Judkins told a
story to illustrate the manner in which many workers watch the
clock. A friend, he
said, had told him that on a suburban railway station he had been
watching a gang of
carpenters working. The clock struck 5, and, with one accord, the tools
dropped from the
hands of men. “Quite right, too!” said a man in the
audience.
“Was it quite right?” ask Mr Judkins. “The man with the hammer left one
nail half driven home.” “It’s a lie!” said the previous
interrupter. “I can believe my friend.” replied the
speaker. It was
my father, and anybody who knows him will know that he would not
make statements
like that unless they were true.
From THE ARGUS 13th March 1911 page 7
