LONDON SAVES DAYLIGHT.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14128, 3 July 1916, Page 2

LONDON SAVES DAYLIGHT.

WORK AN HOUR EABLIER.

THE FIRST DAIS CHANGE.

In its conspicuous position above all ether clocks in the City of London the great clock' of St. Paul's Cathedral disdainfully declined to conform to the Daylight Saving Act, says a London paper of a: recent date. But there was a certain cunning in its obstinacy, for while the bells chimed the old time the clock face showed the new! Commercial London, however, on the tirst working day under summer time gaily began business an hour earlier, in the cool > morning sunlight. "We have had no late arrivals," was the unanimous report of many large city firms. Lloyd's and the principal banks had no changes to report—ithe measure has made no difference to their working conditions.

In the West End the extra daylight lias meant earlier shopping. "To-day," the general manager of a large firm told a reporter, "we noticed, a marked increase in the business _ done in the early hours of the morning. This extra business was seen-particularly .in the perishable provision departments. We Lave always been in favour" of the measure, and are certain it will mean earlier shopping and more trade all round." !

Although all the business houses have altered their clocks to conform to the new time, there are a number of persons of leisure and of indeperdent character : who loudly reject the measure. ! A well-known firm of clockmakers and "winders stated yesterday that some of their wealthiest customers have refused to put on their clocks. They prefer to rise, lunch, and dine an hour later than the rest of the nation, and run the risk of losing all their trains.

Whatever else the innovation has done, it lias given the suburban milkman a new excuse. Yesterday morning the milk came .an hour late. The niaicl complained to the milkman, whose reply was: "It's ~ li;™. this, miss. I got up at three o'cloci cl.Js mornin^ to milk-the cows, but the milk wouldn't /all. It ain't no use you putting on the 3jocivs if the cows don't want to give iaeir milk before it's time!"