AN IMMOVABLE FEAST.
What is known as the Calendar Reform Bill—a measure now being put forward, and supported by several well-known members of Parliamentwill turn our present eopsy-turvey system of dividing the .year into one of perfect order. Under this Bill, . the year is to consi.it of 364 days only. New Year's *)ay is to be a day by itself—neither December 31st nor January Ist. Incidentally, it is to be a Bank Holiday. Under this arrangement, and with the odd day apart, the remaining days are to oe divided into four equat* quarters of . 91 days each, and 52 weeks of seven days each. Each quarter will contain exactly 13 weeks, and will be divided into two months of 30 days each, and one month of 31 days. Easter Sunday, which at present depends upon the moon for its date, will, if the Bill becomes law., cease to be a movable feast, and will always fall on April 12th. January Ist will always fall en a Wednesday. As for Leap Year, the proposers of thi§ new calendar suggest an extra day in June every fourth year.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 671, 23 May 1914, Page 7
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186AN IMMOVABLE FEAST. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 671, 23 May 1914, Page 7
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