DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL.
It is well for the rural districts of the Dominion that the Daylight Saving BiliL, which was introduced by Mr iSidiey at the request of a section of thie athletic oomimuini'ty, lias been temporarily "scotched." The desire to afford people longer hoars far recreation is laudable in its wa"y. But it has yet to be demonstrated that the existing conditions do not lafford ample laoope for .recreation. In the (opinion: of not a. few people, this country is already paying too heavy a price for iita sport. The more serious problems of life iare, perhaps, (being sacrificed to atHetio prowess land the lust for pfeasmre. Be that ap it (may, the passing of the Bill introc 1 "Cirri by Mi- Sidey would have ia-
volved a serious dislocation of business without a corresponding advantage.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10410, 2 September 1911, Page 4
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137DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10410, 2 September 1911, Page 4
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