LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
IN THE EVENING
Sir,—ln your issus of September 28 appears a'judgment by His Honour the Chief Justice in the definition of the meaning of the word "evening." It appears that there is a lot of sophisticated nonsense being embodied in Acts of Parliament. I consider the legal terms a.m. and p.m. are the only proper definitions for dividing the day. Wo read in Genesis of tho evening and the morning being tho first day, and.l consider that after noon or 12 o'clock is evening; before that is - a.m. or morning. It does not matter whether the sun is shining or not. 'Surely tho Legislature never intended all these definitions of the day, whether they used the words afternoon or evening. Where p.m. is mentioned it should be the legal definition to go by. To be guided by any other conventional phraso seems to 1110 to be utter nonsense. —I'am. etc., THOS. M. MILLIGAN. September 28, 1918.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 8, 4 October 1918, Page 6
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160LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 8, 4 October 1918, Page 6
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