DAYLIGHT SAVING
By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND. August 0. The first stops in an organised effort to obtain a local measure of daylightsaving, in place of the Bill defeated in the House, were taken at a meeting of sports followers at Leys Institute tonight. Representatives of ten organisations attended. It was decided to invite the City Council, the Chamber of Commerce, and other bodies to join in petitioning the Government to take a referendum on daylight saving at the general election, failing which it was suggested that the employees and employers in the main centres of the Dominion should come to a mutual arrangement with the transport services and retail houses to observe daylight saving hours next summer. OAMARU, August (5. A plebiscite relative to the adoption of a local system of daylight saving for the employees was taken at the Oamaru AVoollen Alills to-dnv, resulting in a majority of 117 votes to 47 in favour. A scheme of daylight saving will be brought into operation at the mills on October 1, continuing till the eml of March. The hours of work will he from 7 a.m. to 4.p.tn.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 August 1928, Page 4
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