‘UNQUESTIONABLE MAJORITY FAVOUR DAYLIGHT SAVING’

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6666, 20 July 1928, Page 7

‘UNQUESTIONABLE MAJORITY FAVOUR DAYLIGHT SAVING’

Commercial Deputation Waits Upon Mr Coates BILL TO-GET FAIR*RUN IN PARLIAMENT Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. An assurance that the Summer Time Bill would have a “fair run” in the House of Representatives this session was sought from the Prime Minister to-uay hy a deputation representing commercial, manufacturing, medical and educational. interests, which stressed the , benefits derived by the vast majority of people from the trial given the scheme last summer. Mr. J. G. Coates replied that Parliament would have an opportunity of considering the measure.

The deputation cbnsisted of Messrs D.'J, McGowan (President .of the Associated of Commerce), A. Fletcher (Wellington Chamber of Commerce), E- Campbell and L.. R. Partridge (Manufacturers’ interests), and Dr. E. L. Marchant (medical profession). - The fact that returns of produce last seasbn 'had not borne out the pre-diotions-made by the objectors to day-light-saving was' pointed out by. Mr. McGowan, Who made a request that the BilTbo - given *the. same fair run as it had last session. • '

-Supiporting. this' plea Mr. Campbell committee liad been making investigations oSTbehalf of tho Manufacturers’ Association as to hardsMps cajised by the. walking of the Act last year, and lid said that frankly they had had great difficulty in finding real objections. There, w ere one or two cases of inconvenience. For instance, railway I trhins had been altered. But he thought that was hardly necessary. -Mr.- CoateM \ "It was necessary. Quito a number of alterations had to be made. ■ '-V V,‘ ;

J lfr. : Campbell referred to the general benefit to" other sections of the community, and pointed out that there had bc.en no diminution in output. Tho. unanimous, desire of -workers throughout tho country for the Act to bo made permanent, though perhaps uot 'this year, was referred to by Mr. ' Fletcher,'.who said ho could also speak of. tho of the business men of i- Wellington.' . ■ ■ -Dr* Marchant -said; that a unanimoui rote had been made amongst medical divisions of the Dominion in favour of tho continuance of the scheme, which last year had been a great' success."?'" ' ■

Mr. Parkinson said that teacherswere’also unanimovis in their support. “■We manufaetnicrs have tried to avoid the cry of town versus country,” declared Mr. Partridge, “but that position is being forced on us,, and it may be necessary to bring it before the, country before very - long. It is Dnquesti'mablo that the majority of people favour daylight saving.” Replying .to the deputation ..Mr. Goatcs said that the general domestic condition-of the people must be the first consideration. The basis of oiy: national life was our national prosperity from the production point of view. The member in charge of the Bummer Time Bill had not discussed it with him. It was a matter for Parliament to consider and he took it that Parliament would be given an opportunity to discuss the measure. ‘ Probably would have something to say as to how the Act had worked in urban and rural districts.