STANDARD TIME

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 26 July 1921, Page 5

STANDARD TIME

DESIRE TO FIX IT TWELVE HOURS AHEAD OF GREENWICH.

(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Jul v 26. The Wellington Chamber of Commerce last night decided to support the Auckland Chamber in an endeavour to have New Zealand standard time altered so as to be exactly twelve hours ahead of Greenwich time. The reasons given are: (a) The reduction in the capacity of plant installed iin various electric power houses, with a consequent saving of capital expenditure; (b) all ordinary working time would be within the hours of daylight at all times of the year; (c) simplification of commercial dealing by cable with England.