CORRESPONDENCE WIRELESS.

Waikato Independent, Volume XXVII, Issue 2851, 20 October 1927, Page 5

CORRESPONDENCE

WIRELESS.

\ —— (To the Editor). Sir,—l have often, wondered whether the advent of wireless with its.complications, transmission apd receiving sets, has ever been instrumental in_a line of thought in your readers’ minds, similar to that taken up by, the writer. The other evening I was “listening an” to a sermon delivered by a prominent clerie in Sydney, I think, and when I happened to close my. eyes I was thunderstruck, for it seemed as though the man was actually in the very room /■ in which I was sitting.. I had no other alternative but to come to the conclusion that my hosts’ receiving set was only intercepting the utterances by that particular clergyman, and not in any way impeding their journey along the wdves of space to what I will refer for want, of better description, to the Grand Final Aerial in Eternity, to be received .into the heavenly studio. jj|k Of course, it was only just a passing iwjae of thought, and I was just wonderjflk whether any of your readers had it from that point of view. The !Ml-could very easily be completed by imagining a revolving gramaphone disc of wax, on which would be recorded the Mm,prcssions received through the loudspeaker in the heavenly sjtudio. .Every individual utterance the first squall of. our cradle days, 1 [ the mewling and puking in our nurse’s arms,” throughout the seven ages, perhaps finishing up with theshrill childish treble” of old age. I think that after having heard the record of our life’s Utterances,j it may be quite unnecessary, for us to question the action of the ■“Recording” Angel in refusing to grant admittanceiinto the Kingdom of ■ God. .. : _ . , ' Finally a little thought on the lines indicated by this letter may help us all to live our lives a little nearer to the Divine teachings than may be the case at the moment; for when alLis said and , done man likes to feel that his “record” is fairly clean. That is why, I think, worki is thought to be a boon to we’frail mortals, for while we are at f. work, it is highly improbable that anything will be “recorded” against us. — I am, etc., k .

; T. H. HAMPSHIRE. Cambridge, Oct. 19, 1927. - * ,

• ■ DAYLIGHT SAVING.

> ■ V* ! (To the Editor). Sir, —In your Saturday ’s issue I no■4r<?.e that the Matamata County Council deejuied to'ignore -the Daylight Saving Act and to continue to hold their meetin gw at the same hour as usual in accordance with standard or mean' time. I aRo noticed that Cr S. H. Judd, in ' introducing the matter referred to the measuro as ‘‘ Mr Sidey’s silly Summer Time Act. ” He is also reported as having, stated that the measure should never have been placed upon the Statute Book, and that those responsible were either ignorant or selfish regarding the best interests of the-country. On top of this comes the roport of the Auckland Urovincial Farmers’ meeting, during the course of which Mr R. H. Feiast, of Cambridge, is reported to have said that the Act is “an iniquit- * 0113 thing.” It is fifteen years since Mr Sidey introduced his Bill to Parliament and during that period it has come forward time and again and has always been defeated. Mr Sidey has been successful and it is up to tho farmer? to try tho measure out for one season. If it is a failure then the country can revert back to standard time through- . out the year. Mr Judd says those responsible in putting the measure i through the House are selfish, but is not mthe ,boot on the other foot. For fifteen those in favour of Daylight Savhave seen the Bill defeated,, yet did not set up the howl that is from a few farmers to-day. The ,%®ferity rule has always applied in country and to the writer it savours of selfishness that 27 per eent.-of the population of the Dominion wish to deprive 73 per cent of an extra hour of daylight and fresh air during the summer months of the year. The principal argument of the opposition is that dairy produce will suffer by having to . stand an extra hour, but the .Act will ■ allow of elasticity in operation and it would appear that little, if any, difficulty would arise if those engaged in the dairying industry continued to observe standard time. The opposition ists are apparently not interested in any kin(l of spoiy or outdoor games, oi they would not be making such a howl / about the approaching institution of the measure. In Canada, the United States and in other parts of the world, states sind provinces observe different shand v-ards. of time, and no inconvenience is caused, so there seems no reason wh} •dairy farmers should not observe stand . ar d time ,if they find the new measure Inconvenient. Would it not be assisting to remove the town versus country at -titudo if the latter community caminto line and tried out the measur willingly for ono season? Mr Judd ac '"lieuses those responsible for the intro

luction of daylight saving of selfishicss, yet he in turn, apparently, has not he slightest sympathy for the thousands in the Dominion whose daily dutes keep them from 8 a.m. to 5 or 6 p.ni. hut up in offices and factories. If all actions of the Dominion’s population •ill co-operate, then, in the opinion of ho writer, daylight saving will be one f the greatest boons ever introduced, nd by no means the “iniquitous hing” as referred to by Mr R.,H. ’eisst. —I am, etc., ONE OF THE PEOPLE. Cambridge, 19/10/27.