DAYLIGHT SAVING
EXTENSION OVER YEAR POWER SHORTAGE EASED (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Emergency regulations temporarily extending the present half-hour of daylight saving throughout the whole year have been passed.
The Minister of Internal Affairs, the lion. W. E. Parry, commented that the Government had regard to the tact there was general acceptance throughout the country of the idea that, under the present circumstances, extension for the whole year would be a considerable advantage from a
national point of.view. In particular, it. would assist very materially in relieving the heavy load on t he hydro electric system of the Dominion during the peak loading period. Another important feature was, in view of the reduced lighting, the extension of daylight saving would enable many workers to be transported homo in daylight.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20527, 10 April 1941, Page 5
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131DAYLIGHT SAVING Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20527, 10 April 1941, Page 5
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