DAYLIGHT SAVING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20628, 29 July 1930, Page 12

DAYLIGHT SAVING.

Sir.—What a clever person "AmiGrumbler" bccms to be and how. wa. farmers' wives should envy her. "Piii the clock on and forget about it!" Uii.it> rascal! It is very evident she is not tho wife of a farmer who gets up before daylight and yet has to work till dark. Flow can a mother attend to her children properly when she is at the yard,? I wonder if "Anti-Grumbler" would lil.u her children to be punished at school f.'i" negligence of sma'4 personal cleanlinesses just because they ?ia»l to get their own breakfast, do their own lunches an I scramble oft' to school without the competent and necessary supervision of * mother? 1 ant sr.re none oi us am foolish as to "pity" our cliildren and ko them think they are hard done by, bu« even the absence of self-pity does nitmake the injustice of tlu tiiuatiou any easier. Again 1 venture to suggest: »e'» those who r.eed tho extra hour for recreation get up an hour earlier (with tiio clock at standard time) and have your exercise, then go to your employment amt see if you do not feel a great deal better for it. I have seen this method worked very successfully before and tho spot® enthusi;vsts all said they could enjey their games, improve* and become n>«re efficient by early morning practice, more than in the afternoon, lou spor-tio* have had a very fair deal for two ye;.r.~. so bo fair to yourselves and to t.« fanners this season bv leaving tho c10c..: at standard time. Let all get up at da,--light, the farmers to work, the others play till business hours, then work ana see it you arc not all tlr: 'etter for l* FaBMEV.'s Sl ITOUTK:'-

Sir, —I am firmly of omniru that it only thoso who are permeated with ti.o spirit ot selfishness, who not look the measure in a true "d.-as ycu-woun-be-done by" spirit, who std! advocate thp advancing of the clock. At what time u" the majority of these daylight-saving advocates ripe ? I* would make inte/estnu reading were they to be honest and correct. and give tlii.-i information._ One delight saving enthusiast to the. pointed option, as to what time he rose, seven o'clock. Extraordinarily e-'i 0 : Why should it he necessary to advance clock to enable these 7 a.m. rise is "J. got Up an hour earlier? hci- them an hour earlier or two b<~uis, aye, ilnco hours earlier would not hurt them: indeed. it would do 'hem an immen:3 amount of good. May I suggest to -'• Sidev that He get to work in real earing tnd endeavour to introduce legists''° r - a vancing by one hour the statutory ccs ing titno; by the passing of such tion si] daylight saving enthusiist* *ouk Obtain their extra hour for reersaiacii various kinds o! sport without eompeiMi;. their brethren who have to vise in to very early hours, to rise an hour 1