DAYLIGHT SAVING.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 July 1920, Page 4

DAYLIGHT SAVING.

. NEW GOVERNMENT BILL TO MEET FUEL SHORTAGE. (By Telegraph.-JSpeoial Correipondm.) Wellington,- Last Night." Some country members are perturbed about the Government's (Standard Tine Bill. The proposal of this Bill is to fix New Zealand mean time at .twelve hours ahead of Greenwich time, instead of eleven and a half hours, as at pretent. The change would mean the advanting of the clocks half an honr on a date to be fixed, 'so thai! the sun would rise half an hour earlier all the ve'ar round as irteasured by the standard time, The ""daylight savers," headed by Mr. Bidey, have long advocated a change ir this direetion, and Mr. Sidey's Definition of Time Bill has been before the House in many sessions without reaching .the Statute Book. The Governnient Bill proposes to give the advocates of daylight saving a part of what they "have 4 asked. Country members have always 'opposed the change of standard time almost unanimously, ,on"the ground'that it would cause hardship to the tamers, who already rise very early in the Jnorn- , ing, and might have to rise, earlleir stlD if the train -time-tables and city business hours' were advanced. The 1 objsct of the Government in making the proposal, as already explained, ig to effect economies in lighting and power ft the cities and town*, where the "peak loads" late in the afternoon add greatly to tha difficulties of the'municlpu authorities in these days of fuel shortage and inadequate plants..