DAYLIGHT SAVING
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Replying in the House of Representatives this afternoon to a question asked I « - ,T- ■F # -Sidey <Dunedin South) whether legislation would be introduced this sesion for the purpose of giving the people a trial of daylight saving during next summer, the Prime Minister (Right T v. F: ¥*W) Baid thafc tte difficulty about daylight saving if brought into operation in New Zealand was that it would affect seriously the primary industries of the- country^ This! wJ the experience of Australia, where the Act had to be repealed after being in operation only a , comparative^ short time. I cannot make a definite statement on this phase of the question," he roa^' Ji! 1*'1 WoU, ld be Prepared to consider the proposal to alter our-time to exactly twelve hours opposite Greenwich time, and this,- while its feasibility would have to be considered would give an additional half-hour of daylight in the evenings. 1 '
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 16, 19 July 1923, Page 8
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155DAYLIGHT SAVING Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 16, 19 July 1923, Page 8
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