Volume 18 , Issue 40

Walking With Old Sweet Sadie

We have finally reached Daylight Saving time of year, where most of us turn our clocks back an hour to live through more daylight hours. Does it really work, though?

Found on Newspapers.com

We did research to see when Daylight Saving began. In The Age, dated 10 April 1916, Monday, in Victoria, Australia, on page 7, we found this headline: "Daylight Saving Bill." Adopted by German Federal Council.

London, 8 April (1916) - It was reported from Amsterdam that the German Federal Council had adopted the Daylight Saving Bill.

Several futile efforts had been made to pass a Daylight Saving Bill through the British Parliament. The idea was to alter the clock at certain times of the year so as to bring it more nearly into accord with solar time. A bill introduced in the House of Commons in 1908, by Mr. R. Pearce, proposed to promote the earlier use of daylight in certain months yearly by putting forward the clock 20 minutes on four successive Sundays in April, and by reversing the process on the the four Sunday in September. It was contended at the time that the effect of the proposals would be:

(1) To move the usual hours of work and leisure nearer sunrise;
(2) To promote the greater use of daylight for recreation purposes;
(3) To lessen the use of licensed houses;
(4) To facilitate the training of the Territorial forces;
(5) To benefit the physique, general health and welfare of all classes;
(6) To reduce the industrial, commercial and domestic expenditure on artificial light.

Good Night! Good Luck!
Remember to set your clocks back an hour Sunday, 2a.m, 6 November 2016.
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