A MUCH-DEBATED MEASURE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 404, 12 July 1928, Page 8

A MUCH-DEBATED MEASURE

ALREADY the lobbyists at Parliament are busy issuing predictions, and in some cases jeremiads, on tlie subject of the Summer Time Bill. The most that supporters of daylight saving can expect, we are told, is that the scheme will receive a further trial for one year. The prospect of the measure becoming permanent by the passing of an Act this session is regarded as unlikely. The advocates of daylight saving-—and they are legion—are chiefly anxious that the measure be given another trial. With a further season of Summer Time, daylight saving will be recognised as a factor making for a healthier and happier community. Opposition to the scheme lias come principally from the country districts, but objections seem to be based on a line of reasoning of the “I do not like thee, Dr. Fell” type. Summer Time has operated with complete success in England and European countries. Its initial trial in New Zealand was greeted by thousands as a beneficial movement, as resolutions passed in all parts of the Dominion have shown, and it is more than likely that those who stubbornly refuse to see the advantages of an extra hour of sunlight each working day will, if the measure be re-enacted, see the error of their ways. Mr. T. K. Sidey, father of daylight saving in New Zealand, is retiring from polities this year. It will be a pleasant tribute to Ills 27 years of service if he is able to witness the approval of his new Bill before relinquishing bis seat in the House of Representatives.