“COWS GETTING UP YAWNING.”

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18544, 18 August 1928, Page 12

“COWS GETTING UP YAWNING.”

TIMARU FARMERS TO OPPOSE DAYLIGHT SAVING FOR BOROUGHS

The combined committees of the St Andrews and Timartf branches of the Farmers’ Union passed a resolution at their meeting at Timaru yesterday, opposing the introduction of the Local Daylight Saving Bill, on the ground that it would affect the suppliers of milk to the towns.

A copy of the Bill was forwarded by the Farmers’ Union, with a. letter stating that the Bill was not intended to affect the railway or the steamship services or the Post and Telegraph Department. The chairman (Mr P. R. Talbot), in bringing the matter up for discussion, said that the farmers should not interfere with the townspeople. If the latter wished to have a modified form of daylight saving which would not harm the farmer, then the farmer would not object. The secretary (Mr A. Thoreau) said that they had to be careful to see that the townspeople did not increase the half-hour proposal to the full hour. Half an hour would not matter, but farmers coming into town would be greatly inconvenienced if they had to contend with the full hour of daylight saving. Mr W. Black stated that the Bill would place dairymen at a disadvantage, as people in the towns would be requiring their m : lk earlier. He failed to see why the dairymen should be inconvenienced. Air Talbot: If that is the case we must oppose the Bill. Mr J. Green stated that the Bill would affect those farmers who were supplying milk to the dairymen. It meant earlier milking and a good deal of inconvenience. Mr Talbot: Yes. The cows are getting up yawning as it is. After a little further discussion it was decided to forward a resolution to the Prime Minister opposing the proposal.

ASHBURTON FARMERS NOT TO OPPOSE BILL. At a meeting of the Mid-Canterbury executive of the Farmers’ Union yesterday afternoon a letter wss from the Dominion secretary referring to the Local Summer Time Bill. Mr F. Frampton moved, and Mr R. Oakley seconded: “ That the executive oppose the Bill.” Mr J. Dalton (Methven) said that when the general system was in operation it incurred too much hardship on farmers’ wives. Farmers, on the whole, were a conservative body and more liable to oppose than agree with such a Bill. Mr 11. C. Barton said that before the motion was carried more information should be obtained on the subject. The motion was lost by 11 to 8.