WINTER TIME.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 260, 2 November 1928, Page 6

WINTER TIME.

As our man-niade time divisions so lonw established have been found eonvenientlv elastic and we have put our clocks forward and backward without ill results, I suggest that when summer time ends we shall not revert to normal time again but drop behind it, putting our clocks half an hour or an hour backwards, thus avoiding the rising from bed on cold, dark winter mornings to dress and breakfast by artificial light. This means that those who now rise at six would be risin* at 7 β-m. (normal time), and so on. Farmer", milkmen and all workers who be<nn work before dawn throughout the greater part of the year must welcome this suggestion, for not only would it add to good health and personal comfort, but the saving o f expense on lighting and fuel would be considerable. Shops and ofiices would need lighting up earlier than usual and entertainments would appear to close at 11 instead of 10 p.m., but nearly all hours of darkness would be available for rest—a natural and healthful arrangement. REST.