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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 675, 29 May 1929, Page 10

in comparison with thfe greatness of God. M.Lu

DAYLIGHT SAVING

DAYLIGHT SAVING Sir. My anticipatory thanks are yours when asking space to explain that the gesture of friendliness of the Marohemo branch of the Farmers’ Union to our city cousins in the question of Daylight Saving is limited to, as stated at the time, “half an hour, but not a minute longer.” Regarding your editorial comment on the union’s objective re the tariffcan you quote any country in support of your contentions, that is analagoin*. in an economic sense, to our Dominion. S. PETRIE. Marohemo. Canada is the best example, and ic holds an object lesson for New Zealand farmers. There, the men on the land and the men in factories realise the value of national progress, each section going forward hand in hand to greatness. Last year Canada exported over £70,000,00') worth of manufactured goods, in addition to a record output of farm products. Its high tariff harrier has forced the United States to invest more capital in Canadian factory enterprise than Great Britain’s investments in the progressive Dominion. Unless and until this Dominion adopts the same march of enterprise and seeks the same measure of prosperity, it will always lag behind Canada in the things that make a nation great.—Editor. Several letters commenting on the prospective arrival of the German cruiser Emden have been grouped under one heading on another pagii*