MR SIDEY OPPOSES A REFERENDUM ON SUMMER TIME ACT
EXPERIMENT WITHOUT DISASTROUS RESULTS Should be Made Permanent (Per Press Association.) y ' CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night, A proposal that a plebiscite on sum* mer time be taken at the same time as the general election this year was referred to Mr. T, K. Sidey to-day, Mr. Sidey contended that prophecies of disastrous rteults from summer time had been falsified and the Act had worked remarkably smoothly 1 Under the circumstances supporters of the Act were now entitled to ask that it should be placed on the Statute book Without special provision in the Act of last year necessitating its resenactment after a year of trial. It would then be in the same position ai other statutes and could be repealed if necessary.! Mr. Sidey indicated he would not yield to the demand for a referendum.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6537, 20 February 1928, Page 6
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143MR SIDEY OPPOSES A REFERENDUM ON SUMMER TIME ACT Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6537, 20 February 1928, Page 6
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