SUMMERTIME

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 666, 19 October 1933, Page 5

SUMMERTIME

(Press Assn.—

amending bill proposed increase by one month a year SECOND READING PASSED

-By Telegraph — Copyright).

Wellington, Wednesday In moving the second reading of the Summertime Amendment Bill, in the House of Representatives, Mr. R. McKeen (Labour, Wellington S) said that the measure proposed to increase the present half-hour period to one hour and to extend the period of its application for one month. The Bill suggested that sommertime should end on the third Sunday in April. Mr. McKeen said that he had had a great deal of correspondence in connection with the measure from all over the Dominion and the majority of the communications had been in favour of the Bill. However, he was prepared, if a majority of the House was of that opinion, to leave summertime at the half-hour provided that the period of its application was extended until after Easter. Inquiries made by the Health Department indicated that daylight saving had been of extreme value to the health of the community. Mr. K. S. Williams (Govt., Bay of Plenty) said that as a representative of a country constituency, he had been instructed to oppose the suggestion for one hour, but he was in favour of half an hour. Mr. A. M. Samuel (Govt., Thames) said that the farmers were very strongly opposed to daylight saving as it interfered very seriously with their work. After further discussion in deference to the general feeling of the House, Mr. McKeen said that he would leave the extension at half an hour as at present and ask for an extended period of one month. The bill was read a second time on the voices after Mr. McKeen had given an assurance that he would amend the measure along these lines.