“Keep to the Clock”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 194, 5 November 1927, Page 9

“Keep to the Clock”

BENEFITS OF SUMMER TIME Mr Sidey’s Message of Advice summer time almost at hand, Mr. T. K. Sidey, whose 18 years’ persistent efforts in the House of Representatives was responsible for its passage, gives people a message of goodwill, and expresses the fervent hope that everyone will give the Act a fair trial. (THE SUN’S Parliamentary Reporter.J

WELLINGTON, Friday. With summer time almost at hand, Mr. T. K. Sidey, whose 18 years persistent efforts in the House of Representatives was responsible for its passage, gives people a message of goodwill, and expresses the fervent hope that everyone will give the Act a fair trial. are now on the eve of the coming into operation of summer time,” he says. “To-morrow morning the clocks of the country will be put on an hour. Public clocks will be advanced at 2 a.m., and private clocks will conveniently bo advanced by their owners before going to bed to-night. “It has been to the disadvantage of the Summer Time Bill that it has always come before the House at a time of the year when days are short, for people who are then rising in the dark are apt to look upon things from a winter time point of view, and are very apprehensive of proposals which may necessitate earlier rising in the morning. With the long mornings that are now with us, I am in hopes that all such fears, if not already dissipated, will disappear with the commencement of summer time. To-day it is daylight at 4 o’clock, in some places earlier, and it will soon be general at 3.30 a.m. It is only a small proportion of the population that makes use of these early hours. “The president of the New Zealand Executive of the Farmers’ Union struck the right note when he appealed for a fair run for the Act, and for an effort to make it a success. I heartily endorsed this appeal. The more nearly it is found possible to do things under summer time at the same hour of the clock as they are done at present, the greater will be the success of the Act. The object of putting the clocks on is to obtain an additional hour of daylight in the evening. This should especially benefit our indoor workers and young people. I look forward to more than usually enjoyable summer holi-

days for our school children in the longer evenings of January next, and I am not without hope that some benefit may even be found for the farmers. “On the eve of the advancement in time, may I wish everyone health and happiness to enjoy the longer summer evenings that are now about to come to us.”

“WILL LIGHTEN LIFE”

SIR TRUBY KING’S OPINION Press Association. WELLINGTON, To-day. With the advent of daylight-saving, Sir Truby King issues a message in which he says that it will prove one of the most popular and beneficial measures up to the present adopted for the social advancement of the community. “Health is the foundation of happiness,” he says. He looks upon day-light-saving as an important contributing factor toward the efficiency and prosperity of the people. Sir Truby King ventures to say that not only the general health will be improved, but as a result, the period of life will be extended.

“We are all indebted to Mr. T. K. Sidey.” he adds, and as president .-of the organisation to express gratitude to Mr. Sidey, he commends to the people of the Dominion the movement which has been already established in a number of centres, the maximum subscription to which is one shilling. Where a committee has not been set up, and people wish to be associated with the movement, they should communicate with the secretary, Mr. Shalleross. New Zealand Sports Protection League, Wellington. SCHOOL HOURS ADJUSTED Press Association. CARTERTON, To-day. The Clareville School Committee has decided to open the school next week from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m.