WHY NOT AN HOUR?

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 241, 11 October 1929, Page 7

WHY NOT AN HOUR?

A TRAVELLER'S VIEW.

MR. JENKINS ON SUMMER TIME.

(By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Thursday.

"It would be a good thing if daylight saving wai made compulsory," eaid Mr. H. R. Jenkins (Parnell), speaking on the Summer Time Bill in the House of Representatives this morning. "I am sorry this bill does not provide for the full hour. At any rate, half an hour is better than nothing, on the principle that half a loaf is better than no bread. If people get accustomed to it they would soon adopt the full hour."

Mr. Jenkins asked if any honourable member ever made the mistake of getting up an hour too early.

Chorus of Members: Never (Laughter.) Mr. Jenkins: Did any honourable member regret it and go back to bed? I don't think so.

A Reform Member: They would not do it a second time.

Mr. Jenkins said Finland, almost within the Arctic Circle, and almost country in Europe and North America, observed daylight saving, as a permanent thing. There were farming people in those countries, and daylight saving gave them an advantage. If it was good for those countries, why should daylight saving not be good for New Zealand?