SUMMER TIME BILL

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 4005, 3 October 1929, Page 2

SUMMER TIME BILL

* SECOND READING TALKED OUT.

The Summer-Time Bill, which has passed the Legislative Council has been awaiting consideration by the House of Representatives for a fortnight was brought down five minutes befojre the time of the adjournment of the House last night. As it is proposed to operate summer. time from Sunday week, the Government was anxious to 'bring the matter forward early and despite the handicap of time, the Hon. T. OVL Wilford (Minister of Justice) moved its second reading in a very brief speech, hoping that the second reading would be approved before the House rose.

Ho said the only difference between the measures was that the present one provided for the perpetual advancing of the clocks at the beginning of summer, whereas the folrmer measure was for a year’s experiment. It was the half hour compromise, though, personally, he favoured the full hour and had voted for it for 18 years. As summer time should operate on Sunday week, lie urged members to get the second (reading through at once.

Mr. H. M. Campbell (Hawke’s Bay) assured members 'he was not going to hold up the Bill but he would like the Minister, in his reply, to deal with the point that the whole of the North Island and some part of the South, was now on the wrong time and there should ; be an alteration of half an hour throughout the year.

Mr. A. M. Samuel (Thames) (rose to speak and cries of “time,” showed he had . talked out the second reading stage, though it is the Government’s privilege to put (Summer Time on top of the order paper for the next sitting.