DAYLIGHT SAVING.
MEETING OF CITIZENS. A meeting of those favourable to the daylight saving movement was held at the Town Hall on the 24th, and was very numerously attended. The Mayor (Mr J. J. Clark) presided. Mr William Davidson moved---" That, with a view to securing- economy and increased efficiency during the period of the present great war, this meeting of Diinodin citizens urges upon the Government the desirability of making provision in the War Legislation Amendment Bill, now before Parliament, for the introduction of the system of daylight saving, on the lines recently adopted by the United Kingdom and several countries of Europe; further, that a copy of this resolution bo forwarded to the Prime Minister and to the local members of Parliament." Mr F. 0. Bridgeman seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3254, 26 July 1916, Page 61
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