THE SUMMER TIME BILL.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19140, 25 October 1927, Page 12

THE SUMMER TIME BILL.

TO THB EDITOB OV TEE PBBSB. gj r —Will you allow an English ■woman who for years enjoyed Summer Time in England to make a few remarks on the subject. Those who are responsible in Christehurch for services to the public seem either to have entirely mistaken the intentioned actiou of the Bill, or else to be deliberately trving to kill it. The latter can hardly he believed of a city that prides itself' on being so English; fair play should be given to the Bill. There is nothing to bo done by anyone, workers.- players, or providers of either the work or the play, except to alter the clock on a given night before going to bed. For a few mornings people feel a little sleepy, but that soon wears off and then' the extra hour in the cool of the morning is much appreciated especiallv when the midday hours are so verv hot. The longer evening does not mean sitting up an hour later, but the less need of artificial li'cht' Davlight fades off very soon here compared with the long twilights at Home, and English people miss the lono' after tea (or supper) outdoor life. I think the mistake that is heing made is the idea that the Summer Time Bill is to lengthen the day. No,, it is,to.make people use the glorious morning hour which is now spent in bed by "the great percentage of people and also to enable them to have daylight for their leisure at the other end. If the amusements are put to a later time the public will be forced to stay up later, and for those who must be" "on time'-' in the morning hours are lato enough already. Surely, if the population at Home are content iust to alter their watches—and nothing else—Christehurch can at least sive°a fair trial in this way. Remember we all get un by the clock, not by the sun. and also_ go to bed by the same timepiece.—Yours, etc.. E. ELLIS.