DAY BY DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17714, 18 May 1929, Page 6

DAY BY DAY.

Although tlie people of Hamilton can he assured that the Alterations Library Committee has to their best interests at Library, heart they must view with concern Hie proposal to reduce the reading room as out- | lined in the plans of the building ! alterations to be undertaken shortly. Little fault can be found with the general scheme but it is unfortunate j that in extending the book accommo--1 dation it is necessary to shorten instead of to lengthen this crowded com- ; partment. An average of 20 people i may be found in the reading room at ■ almost any time of the day and conI gestion is sure to occur should the i proposed alteration be effected. Since i the Library Committee is in a sound ! position it would perhaps be well to ; consider enlarging the library at the ' rear. The whole building could be j set back at least 20 feet in the direc- ! lion of the Plunket Rooms and the cxi penditurc involved should not be . great, especially if a generous subsidy j is giveu by the Borough Council.

One of the subjects which Parliament

will give consideraDaylight Saving lion to in the legend islation of the comPubllc Opinion, ing session is Daylight Saving. New Zealand has had experience of this measure. Two years ago the full hour was tried but it did not prove an unqualified success. Last year a compromise was reached and the clocks were altered half an hour. The experience, viewed by and large, was that the thirty minute change was in every way satisfactory. The majority view of Hie farmers, who are the factor most vAally concerned, was given expression lo by Mr W. J. Poison, .M.P., President of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, who stated at the Conference at Wellington the other day that the compromise was considered a most satisfactory one. As (he measure, under its latest terms, met the needs of town dweller without an undue hardship upon those engaged in agricultural pursuits, the Legislature is not likely to encounter any serious opposition when the Daylight Saving Bill is presented for rc-cnactmcnl.

At the annual meeting of the Waikato

Returned Soldiers’ AssoGood Work ciation the necessity for for keeping up the nicm-Ex-Soldiers. bership and of an active

interest being evinced in the operations of the Association were points stressed. 'flic evidence is .not far lo seek [hat not only the local Association but the various organisations of the kind throughout New Zealand have performed valuable services in the interest of brothers-in-arms, who are still showing the illeffects of war. The necessity for regular review of pensions is one of the prominent avenues, although .not an isolated one, through which the Soldiers Associations are beneficial, not only lo those seeking and having the right for sustenance hut to the country which extends it. As time goes on the attention in this important direction is likely to increase instead of relax. The advisory efforis that iiie executives of the various Associations carry out in this and many other directions for the welfare of members deserve the greatest encouragement from those who bore arms in Ihc Great War.