DAYLIGHT SAVING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20623, 23 July 1930, Page 16

DAYLIGHT SAVING.

Sir, —Daylight < saving is largely a , na t. ' ter of the point of view. After all, N&'ly? Zealand mean time is only correct on' a straight line down the middle of the coun-ff i try; air other times havo to be to correspond with it, so very few places?' in New Zealand have a right to talk about,, "correct time." Put the clock on, and forget about it. There are still 24 'hours ' to play with,-and only the same amount of work to do. The mother whose chil. dren have to leave at 7 a.m. New Zoa. land mean time should call it 8 a.m. aU( j she will feel better. The temperature on a hot summer's day shows no marked difference between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., ami the children get home earlier and can have a cool drink and a rest, instead of grilling in school for another hour. (){ course, a child is easily influenced. If j 10;r mother is always pitying her for having to get up so "early," and coming home in the heafc, sho will feel injured and complain, naturally. Feme of these grievances seem to be manufactured, and therefore do not command the sympathy thev otherwise would. ANir-cr.ui.'ur.Ej?, *

Sir. —Having read llio letter by "Cockie's Bettor Half" re daylight" saving I strongly protest against her views. [ have tjje lion's share to do outside, and to my sorrow the half-hour was less recreation, as we had to start work earlier to go with tho time, so if advanced .% full hour other farmers' wives placed as myself have still longer dn-.dgery to contend with. There is only one thing to do with such selfish people: Stand up for our right 3 and if one and all of us go against Sir Thomas Sidev and "Cockie's Better Half" and her colleagces we will have (ho correct thing, .standard time. It is cruelty to little children who live a distance from school leaving home when they i-hould still bo. in Led, The farmers are the backbone of tho country, but no justice is given them. Why should the whims of a few of the sporting class of people be given all their own way 1 Another Farmer' 3 Wir,E.

Sir, —We arc hearing and reading much just now on the subject of daylight saving. Tlie dairying industry, is recognised a:-; the mainstay and backbone of the country and in my experience thi farm labourer is tho mainstay and backbone of the farmer, and as such is entitled to fair consideration when dearinjf, - with the above question. My own experiencc, both in Taranaki arid ia Waikato, is that the farm hand has' iot'4 rise long before sunrise iu the *noniinjsjs and does not finish his duties li'i alter.2?! well after, dark at night. With the d-:sy. light saving he has to rise the hiror earlier in the morning, but in comparatively few cases is he compensated l by ' finishing any earlier at night. There.has been a lot said recently rc farm bauds leaving their jobs in favour 'of unemployment relief works and much growling bv farmers on account of fas scarcity of farm labour, but if farmers would treat . their employees £,s ordinary, intelligent human beings, and if our Government would give them a little consideration v when forming these laws, it would lead to more and more young ruer. and youths turning their attention to tiiis assentiai and healthy work. Fabm ll.vxd.