Daylight saving
Sir, —In “Bed in Summer,” R. L. Stevenson expresses perfectly a child’s reaction to daylight saving: “In winter I get up at night and dress by yellow candle light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day ...” Before daylight saving comes, may I make a plea for a
more realistic arrangement? In October and March the extra hour of evening sun is most appreciated; but in December and January it can almost become an embarrassment of riches. Enterprising sportsmen, surfers, gardeners, picnickers, travellers, etc., nevertheless make full use of it. March brings earlier sunsets and increased activity in gardens. Most championships in summer sports are decided around the end of March. The extension of daylight saving by two or three weeks to the end of March would be a much-appreciated decision.— Yours, etc., TED MULCOCK. October 12, 1986.
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Press, 14 October 1986, Page 12
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