THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
THE MOVING EASTER. ' r The capricious way in which Easter' ' jumps'-over a period of 35 days'in' the; present calendar, coining'early in one year and weeks later in the next," hat' been the cause of much trouble,”' writes the secretary of thfe National' Committee on Calendar Reform in the'.United States.. “All human and particularly those of business and" industry- that have to be planned : cording to a fixed programme are.seriously . hampered by ’ the ever-varying i number ’of days preceding Easter.-The present Gregorian calendar adopted* in most European countries in 1582 wa'a' an onward step in the right direction, but now requires improvement to fill' tne needs of modern business methods.’-*
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1929, Page 4
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113THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1929, Page 4
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