SUMMER TIME BILL
BEFORE HOUSE OF COMMONS' (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, June 15. Mr Shortt, Home Secretary, in moving the second reading of the Summer Time Bill, which has already passed the House of Lords, said it was most desirable to make summer time permanent, but he would come to an arrangement between urban and agricultural interests. Colonel Murray moved the rejection on the ground that agriculturalists were united in opposition owing to the fact that the bill was a serious handicap to agriculture, especially during harvest time. . ; Mr Sexton said the bill would be a great advantage to the great mass of industrial Workers. Mr Lunn said the Yorkshire miners were opposed to the measure as it meant their wives have to get up. in the middle of the night.. Some speakers proposed to exclude April and September from sumrner time. V" Colonel Murray’s motion was defeated by 207 to 26 and the Bill was read a second time.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 17 June 1922, Page 2
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