Daylight.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14039, 23 October 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)

Daylight.

'Flic Victorian- State Parliament appointed a committee to inquiro into tho desirability of introducing a measure to ndvancb the time during the summer mouths that more use of the hoilrS of. daylight should be made possible. . - Evidence was taken by tho committee. ■■ j The chairman of rfche Associated Banks of Victoria, said that tho bonks . were not prepared to offer an opinion . one way or the other,, but felt strongly > that any such act must be made universal in its apphca tiqu ; throughout-the - States. . , -. i . ; - . •■' -V 1 - -

The Stock Exchange was declared strongly in favour of-tho proposal, provided it was adopted by all the States. Mr Frank Tate , director' of Education, said tliat his department ,was !.convinced of the : soundness of ■ tho" ' i scheme. It would lie o£ imihensc benefit to children in the country. ; The "Winimera District • ;Teadhers' r Association had already asked leave of the de- > partment to allow the ■ 6f children at tlio • sislwdl-:ari'U&tff''eariic[r, • provided their parents had 110 objection. Tn. addition, if attendance 'at continuation schools for 'older' cliildffen ' should he mndo comhiilsoryi imich "of t their work might then bo dono in daylight. Mr. Tate caused some amu%ment when,ho stnted that lie liad tried the experiniput of the liands' of nil thg clocks iu liis owii ; lwusjb one ' . i hour forward the night before .lastNone of liis household had detected the difference in time, though they had hegun the day yesterday exactly an hour earlier. , , ... Tlio president' of the \ ictona.n Cricket Association jxiinted out that business men would gain much greater facilities for the practice of tlio game after office hours. The angler's view of the matter w,as put by a. vice-Drosident of tho ietprian Society. As the fish always bite s best towards evening, all I fishermen would -be glad of an oxtra hour at that ; r time of:the day, • • Mr G- Clanscon,: on behalf of, some , 7000 lovers of the game of howls, was. ■ called, and went on to assure the com- ; ; mitteo that like tlie nliglers they found the soort best towards tlio end or tjxe day, "and that as most men d'd not . play bowls until sthey-had passed their , school days, the extra -time to be de- ■ voted "to "tli© sport would. ■ bft Ji&TCiiy v ; likely to interfere with tlieir»cducation.