DAYLIGHT SAVING.
MEMORIAL MEDAL. , Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 18. The final step in the movement to commemorate the part taken by Sir Thomas Sidey in securing the passing of tho Summertime Act by Parliament will be taken at the annual meeting of tho Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute at Victoria College to-morrow, when tho deeds and conditions attaching to tho awarding of the Sidey Medal will be assigned.
This award, it is hoped, will become one of the most notable in New Zealand. It will be given, with a sum of money, to the paper or other work considered to be the most outstanding contribution to tho advantages not only of summertime, but also to the value of light and its allied properties to human welfare. The specific conditions attaching to the award will be mado known at a meeting of the Board of Governors.
The origin of the movement to commemorate Sir Thomas Sidey’s efforts dates from the passing of the Act in 1927. As the result of shilling donations throughout the country a sum of £SOO was raised. This was handled by a Summertime Committee in Wellington, and it was' later handed over to the New Zealand Institute, which was asked to devise a method forspending it usefully. Sir Thomas himself, who will be present at the function to-day, has contributed £l2O toward tho cost of the medal.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 143, 19 May 1932, Page 2
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