DAYLIGHT SAVING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 12 April 1926, Page 12

DAYLIGHT SAVING

AND COST OF LIVING. By Tclozrapli—Press Association, WELLINGTON, April 10. Advice has been received by those advocating daylight saving that during the past fortniglit another 22 local bodies and oilier organisations have passed resolutions in favour of iho adoption of “summer time,” making a total of iff bodies which have expressed llieir approval during the last few wicks. There is an impression in the minds of many that the proposal is only for octdonr amusements, but it is pointed out liv ils advocates that its adoption at Home and on the Continent was brought about mainly on economic grounds. It has, it is .asserted, proved a considerable factor in materially reducing one of the items in the present high cost of living. .In this respect everyone benefits, farmers and city people alike. As a rough average one may say that artificial lighting comes into u.so in the .summer months -at about 7..'50 p.m.. and on the same rough average, is put out at 10..10 p.m. standard time. Under summer time, clocks being an hour ia--C the light would not he needed till 8.10. but extinguishing time will he 10.10 by tbo clockT Thus at one stroke the average, householder's lighting liiil is reduced ' by one-third. Daylight saving is a. direct and hy no means trifling element in the reduction of the cost of living to the individual.