DAYLIGHT SAVING.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19110, 20 September 1927, Page 8

DAYLIGHT SAVING.

SUCCESS IN ENGLAND. [tttb FRBBB Speeltf Service] AUCKLAND, September 19. "If the experience of England is auy guide, daylight saving wiU be a complete success in New Zealand, ' said the Right Hon. Edward Shortt, K.C., who is visiting New Zealand on a business mission. Mr Shortt, who_was Secretarv of State for . Home Affairs in Mr Lloyd George's Ministry front 1919 to 1922, was in charge of the Hill of 1922 in the House of Commons which prolonged the summer time svstem introduced during the war. "I notice the Bill which passed the third reading 111 the House of Representatives the other day has been criticised on almost similar lines to the opposition voiced at tho time in Britain," said Mr Shortt. "Our opposition came mainly from the agricultural section and from various women's societies, which were afraid that the principle would act to the detriment of children's health. However, all objections raised have been shown to be groundless, and Britain, I am convinced, will never go back on the system, as "the feeling in its favour is growing every year." , An amusing incident was recalled !>y Mr Shortt, who explained that the period during which summertime was to be effective was left to his discretion to fix. Ho believed he chase the first Sund.iv in April as the effective date. He remembered clearly, however, that on tho first day of summertime the country lay inches deep in snow, and he suffered considerable good-natured "chaff" in consequence. The system was introduced gradually in Britain, said Mr Shortt, and an arrangement had been secured whereby summer time in France and Belgium was 111 use during the same period as in England.