Firstly, Feilding’s Cinderella only had 16 minutes to leave the ball but now she is unsure whether to even leave home as the town’s clock permanently shows 12.
Feilding’s town clock stopped on Friday, March 1, at 11.44am. Manawatū District Council had the local horologist (clock repairer) attempt to fix the clock without success. That expert referred the council to Taupō-based Pilbrows Watchmakers, a council spokeswoman said.
On March 15, the company assessed the clock and last week submitted a proposal for two different methods to fix it, which are being considered.
The council is not sure why the clock is now showing 12. The spokeswoman said the mechanism could have slowly slipped, or the drive shaft movement caused a gradual creep.
Meanwhile, Palmerston North’s clocktower is four minutes slow. It had been six minutes slow.
