REFORM OF CALENDAR
QUARTERS OF 91. DAYS
FEW DISSENTIENTS
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day
Before the congress of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire to-day a resolution in, regard to calendar reform was moved by Mr. R. L. Barclay, ol London.
Tho motion urged Ills Majesty’s Governments throughout the Empire to use their influence to secure, the adoption of a perpetual 12-months calendar, divided into equal quarters of 91 days, with NewYear's Day undated and a fixed date for Easter. The mover mentioned that the matter was to come up before the League of Nations next year. The motion was carried with a few dissentients.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 7 October 1936, Page 15
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