SUMMER TIME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20366, 21 September 1929, Page 14

SUMMER TIME.

Sir, —I am a married woman with three young children, all school age, and I would like to give you my opinion of daylight saving, especially on farm?. My husband and myself have had large herds of upwards of 90 cows to milk and neither of us would work where the daylight saving was not carried out. For one thing, if wo were up an hour later than the majority of people it stands to reason that my children would get to school an hour after most children and' therefore be an annoyance to the teacher and a hindrance to themselves. As it is, they get home early, father and mother get home and get tea over early. Father gets his paper and pipe, while the children and myself do a little gardening (even after milking twice a day). My children are always in bed at seven o'clock in winter and are allowed an extra half hour in summer, whether the daylight saving is in force or not, and they can always get to slesp, as it is what they have been brought up to. I am sorry the bill is only half an hour, instead of a full hour. As for "Correct Time's" sympathy with the hospitals, I know from experience the patients are always glad when their days commence and I do not think they worry much about it. Early Riser.

Sir, —I have read with a great dea! of amusement the correspondence on this subject. How "Fanner's Voice" and "Primary" get the idea that they are going to lose an hour's sleep by having the ciock put forward an hour is beyong my comprehension. If they would think for a moment they would realise the absurdity of their own arguments. We put the clock forward an hour certainly; we may get up an hour earlier, but—and this is what they lose sight of—we also go to bed an hour earlier. Is it not obvious ? If they would only forget that the clock is altered and take their time from it in the ordinary way, where is the difference ? In 1927 I was in the States for nine months, where daylight saving is an accepted fact and there were no cranks who said it nay, everyone being satisfied. I would advise anti-daylight saving enthusiasts to think well before making statements which only show their ignorance of the subject under discussion. Summer Time.