DAYLIGHT SAVING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 450, 8 March 1909, Page 5

DAYLIGHT SAVING.

BILL IN HOUSE OP COMMONS. SECOND READING CARRIED. * |BT IXLEGBtI-n—rnsss ASSOCIATION —COPTItIQQYit (Roc. March 7, 4.30 p.m.) London, March 6. Mr. Willott's Daylight Saving Bill, which proposes to advance tho clock au hour iu April and set it back in September, is receiving increasing support in business circles. Tho Labour members opposed tho second reading, Mr. Churchill and Mr. Lloyd-Georgo supported it. The Government was neutral.

Tho second reading was carried by 130 to 04. Tho minority was mostly composed of members representing agricultural districts.

EFFECT OF THE PROPOSALS. The following is tho history of the Bill in tho session of 1808:—It was presented in til? tlio Jiouso of Commons by Mr. K. Pearce, on February ]0. Head a second time March 26, and committed to a Select Committee. The report of tho Committee found that the paramount advantage would bo the greater use of daylight during the months named. The effect ot tho proposals would be (1) to move the usual hours of work anil leisure nearer sunrise, (2) to promote tho greater use of daylight for recreative purposes of all kinds, (3) to lessen the use of licensed houses, (4) to facilitate the training of tho Territorial Forces, (5) to bene- ,, th ,° physique, general health and welfare of all classes, (6) to reduce ■ the industrial, commercial and domestic expenditure on" artificial light. The report further found that the principle of the Bill was supported by the Chambers of Commerce of London, Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, and other towns, ttfj borough councils of Glasgow, Huddersfield, Bournemouth, Hackney, Llaadudno, and other £ A' A' aI N.W. Railway, L. and S.M. Railway, G.C. Railway, and G.E. Railway (except as regards Continental traffic)! bv the secretary of the General Federation of r- com P r . 1 f ln f! 700,000 members, etc. 1 lie Committee considered that tho best mode of attaining the object would be one single alteration of one hour at 2 a.m. on the third Sunday of April, and. .a similar chancre iu the reverse direction at 2 a.m. on tho third Sunn' .'I *■ • ' le Committee also considered that there was no practical difficultyin adjusting clocks and watches to tho season ale changes, There would be no interference J.J. 1 Greenwich mean time, and for all scient fie purposes, such as astronomy and navigation, Greenwich mean time would continue to be used. The Bill was reported on Jnn« W recommitted to a CommTttee of the whole Jfed iB Commmee