PUTTING ON THE CLOCK.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13160, 6 July 1908, Page 7

PUTTING ON THE CLOCK.

LONDON, July 3. A Select Committee of tho House of Commons has approved oi the JJayiigni Saving Bill, ;! i.;l \ VM advi-ni the siuglo alteration of tiie clock by <-i:e tiour in April and in September. "Ihe Times" and "Daily Cnronick-'' disapprove of the measure. [Apropos of the above Bill, tho \"ew Zealand Tinies' says:—"Wo are miforiiie<l by cable tiiat a Select Committee of tiie House of Commons has reported in favour of tho Daylight -Saving Bill, under uhieii it is proposed to advance the clock by one ht.ur on the third Sunday in April, and alter it in tiio opposite direction by one hour on the third Sunday in September. Fantastic as this idea may seem, it- i.s. by no means a new one, and ha.s been employed for yeans past in at least oie town in New Zealand. This town is Mosgiel, in Otago. where the ohiof .n- ;- ---dustry is tlie manufacture of woollens. Ifc is highly importaht that the work in the mills should l>o carried out as much as possible in daylight, and for this pur;H>se the factory clock is 'put on' during the wiinter. The advancement is made in stages, until in mi Iwintcr tliere is a difference of almost three-quarters of an hour between whit the townspeople call 'right time' and •factory time.' "].