SUMMER TIME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20385, 14 October 1929, Page 14

SUMMER TIME.

Sir,—For tho third summer tho sports people have won and the clock is put on lialf-an-hour, and the poor farmer and hij wife and children have to lose half-an* hour's rest in the morning. To put on the clock is a retrograde step, and leads people to be untruthful and to cheat time, Man may advance the clock, but he can never alter the time the sun rises. The beautiful summer evenings will now bo shortened by lialf-an-hour.. Pictures will commence at half-past seven and tho farmers will be deprived of that amusement, as many are unable to get there iri time. Many work 14 hours a day and are heavily taxed, while the sports people only put in seven or eight hours. The golfers should now agitate for the clock to ha advanced half-an-hour in winter, and then the time would be the same all the year round. The writer suggests that Government should now tax all sports people belonging to clubs £2 per head to bring in revenue for the State, thus easing the burden on the farmers and compensate them a little for advancing the clock. Correct Time.