HONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3710, 29 October 1927, Page 2

HONE AND DAYLIGHT SAVING.

Tenakoe, Mitta Edita. ’Spose you tink Hone komtate. Tat te way i newer come to see you pefore, isn’t it?

Well, Hone, it is some time since we met, but I’m glad to see you looking so well. Werra, I come to get te korero pout tis daylight saving. Py kripe, you pakeha pheller goin cranky. Jus’ now I go te post oppit and say te pheller pehind te counter: “What time you crose te oppit for te jellygram nex lriont?” He terra me “te same time as now, Hone.” I say “What apout te daylight saving?” Te silly pheller larp and he say “Five o’erock crose allesame!” Who te liar —te crock or te pakeha? You don’t understand, Hone. You see, in order to give the people more time for recreation during the summer, the clock is put back one hour. You start work at 7 o’clock in the morning instead of 8 o’clock and knock off at 4 o’clock instead of 5 o’clock in the afternoon. It means that you get up an hour earlier in the morning and go to bed an hour earlier in the evening, that’s all. All te bally humabug. Te sun, te moon te pest crock. .If te pakeha want to go to work early, why he want to put te crock back. Te pakeha porangi. Tat. te way. He say sick o’crook seven o’croek, and all te time sick o’crock! You terra me te young pheller and te young gal want to play tennis for te longer time. He got prenty time now wit te harf-horiday and te Sunday too. All te shop and te pub crose up too soon and te picture show he start when te sun shine, cause te young pheller and te young girl want to play more tennis. If te young pheller want to court te yonug gal he can’t stoo it in te day time, he like te slight time. But te pakeha say te day time te night time. I ’spose, Mitta Sidey lie te bachelor chap —he got no girl, eh? My kid he get up werry early in te mornin’, milk te cow, get te kai, catch te horse and ride three m;ile to school and lie late for te lesson an’ te teacher gif him te smack cause he late. No good te daylight saving tat wav. What he goin’ to do pout te winter time? Werry cold and dark in te winter and Hone he like te bed. Werra, te -funny Sidey pakeha and te Gowernment, why he not do like te eel'and go to sreep all te winter? I tink te '‘pakeha always want te noo phasion, ,te pig trouser for te men and to little dress for to gal and now he terra te crock and te sun he te bally riar—l tink all te yoonatik v Must go now see Andy and sell te whitebait.

And with a look of disgust Hone left the sanctum'.