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IN THE

NO ALTERATION CLOCK. MARIETY OF TWO AGAINST ANY CHANCE

MEETING OF THE BONGKONG GEN ERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. A sporpal extcamáttary Rela rad sneel-

the members of the Bougkung Grupal Samir of tennerre was hold yesterday afternoon to country the for

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Ho. Mr. S. H. Bedwell, presided and was supported by the following mouchers

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH, 1019.

" resolution based on what has been adopted in Shanghai and put forward as a basis for discussion. We had very short notice of Shanghai's intention and as their age eapie into force on the 19th of this month it seemed desirable that thie reting should be held at the earliest possible manent. The draft of the resolu tion wan, perhaps, somewhat hurriedly made out mul 1 have heard some criticism

Official day, worst months of the year. during the war, commenced about twelve minutes before sun-rise, so that I presiog about twelve minutes before the times I have mentioned there would be more or leen day-light..

Sunset in May, adding

He had three small children himself so, be was in a position to judge in this use. The summer months bore very hardly on the children and he thought they would all wish to avoid, as far as possible, minking the time harder for thom. Dur-

30 minutes, would be at 7.26 pm, ining the summer months the children's June 7.38, in July 7.41 and in August. hours of exercise in the afternoon word 7.26, so that dining at 8 o'clock in the regulated by the sun's heat. The children went out for their exercise in the after- longest months of the year would hardly

no 18 BOON as the weather was coal Toe dining in daylight, in fact I do not

enough to allow them to do so and that think it would be. In Deccuber whet

hour was roughly about 4.4 p.m. or a would be al 6.11 p... in January at

o'clock. Children had to get to bed in 6.29, in February at 6,19 and in March

order to get their full night's rest by 7 at If it is not dark until approxi

or 8 o'clock. It was diffient enough for mately 10 minutes after sunset 1 think

them to got their exercise, their evening these times confirm what I have said that' the half an hour change would just enably our-door recreation to be taken during these months We approached the Chinese

of the use of the word merchant. those of you who are not merchants and do me look upon the use of the word as a compliment, i tender my apologies, Although it may be doair. Caughter). able, for some reasons, to have the same tim here in Shangha 1 think it would be a mistake to adopt a similar Invasure if it does not suit our amount of day light and sun shine because we must bear in mind that in any extra day-hamber of Commerce on the matter and light we should get a good deal of it would be aerompanied with very hot sun

shine. Shanghai would appear to think that it quite immaterial whether we are on the anime footing or not for the simple rearm that they have not taken the trouble to consult us. but this may be due to the fact that they originally intended only to alter their business hours and no their clocks Therefore, I aug

allow Shanghai's K+Mt. we should not independence in this matter to warp our better judgment. As you are well aware the reasons for which the Daylight Saving

Bili was introduced at home were. firstly, to save melificial light, and, weondly, to give workers a longer period of recreation The first reason cannot in the evening. be said to exist to any great extent out in RONIC here It may possibly exist degree. The second reason, from our point of view, is by far the more import ant one. In fact. I think it is the one we bave mainly to consider in coming to a decision because out door exercise and recreation, in a climate such as ours, are particularly essential for the maintenance (W of fitness and efficiency in work. Daring the last few days I have carefully studied

Co. (1! P White), Fire Insurance Associa Lin uf Hangkong 1 K Blair) Walter Batalha). Gibb, Ford

(J. 3 Livingston & Cu (A. 41 Lang and G. M. Lakin); Gilmen & Co. Ltd. Pattendes); W. A Hanila) & Co. (John

all the available data in the Colony on Robertson): Holland thina Trading Co.

this subject. I have listened to the views (A Wan Audely: Hongkong & China Gas Co., Ind. (G). P. Curry); Hongkong of launch adherents of the scheme and also of thure of bitter opponents, and at Blectric Co. Lad, (F Graham): Hong- H. Kote-

the risk of appearing to seek popularity. kung Mercantile Co. Ltd. (R

by trying to please both sides I must say wall); Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (N. J Stabby: Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd. (R. M.I have come to the conclusion that a com Dyri), Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd. (Hon. Mr. David Landale): Java China Japan Liju (J. Jonekhe r); Lane, Craw- ford & Co. (R. L. Bridger). Leigh thang (A E Griffin and W. L Leask) laverpool and founder and Globe Insur Lancaster) auce C, Ltd. (J. de B. WR. Loxley &C. (1) Tennant). Mer. cantile Bank of India, Ltd. (F. L. Sin); Mustard & Cu, F. H. Bentt); Macdonald &C (Donald Macdonald), Mr. G. C. Moxon Nestle Anglo wise Condensed Milk Co. (A. G Coppin), New Zealand Insurance Co., Lud (J

The extra promise would suit us best. hour of sunshine for the summer months

would undoubtedly mean starting out in

very hot sun-shine for our

recreation.

An extra hour in the winter would be a great blessing but it would mean that we should get up in the dark and the and industries would have to start work

the dark during too long a But I believe if we split the period. difference and made it half an hour all the year round it would be found in peartie: that this would work out very well indeed. 1 have heard it argued in Stackhouse): the Colony that we do not work by the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation clock, that we work as the ships and jobs

tura p.

That is EO even in the best Co. (E. V D. Parr); Hon. Mr. II. E. Pallock, K.C.; Reiss & Co. (Hon. Mr. organised concerns and more so, of course, in the badly organised ones, if there ure P. H. Hulyoak); Alex Ross & Ga. (D, K. Moss); J. 3. da Rocha & Co. (J. M. da any

But 1 subrait that the larger pro

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meal, etc., finished by 7 or 8 o'clock as it

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If they altered the time by an hour

ven half an hour it would make the If the time was task more difficult still. altered the household would go by the they unanimously decided to support the clock and they could not expect the called to cuusid. 2.

draft resolation which this moeling was Personally, while 1 thank Chat a difference of one hour between the time here and in Shanghai might be inconvenient, I do not think half an hour all round would malter very much, and I am sure if the Govern ment adopted any recommendation we might se fit to make that they would do their utmost to get the neighbouring parts We have to adopt a similar scheme. written to the Canton British Chamber of

tised.

Commerce laut, so far, bave had no reply Well, gentlemen, I do not propose to put forward the resolution which was adveri I have another resolution to put before you, but if any member of the Chamber or any thember of the Committre because the Comittee are quite divided in their opinions-would like to propose the original resolution as advertised he has, of course, perfect liberty to do so.

Mr. Beavis said that he was opposed both to the resolution as advertised and to the proposals of the Chairman and he asked for guidance regarding the method of procedure he should adopt.

The CHAIRMAN As no one wishes to pro

pose the resolution as advertised, I will

propose my resolution.

children to remain an hour longer in bod in the morning to make up for losing an hour at night when the members of the household were out and about. He kaew that those members who had children would appreciate these points and he trusted that all of them would give this matter consideration There was another point which was perhaps not so important but it did conduct to the comfort of tho children. The children derived a good deal of amusement, and he imagined healthy recreation, from bathing parties. The children went to those bathing picnics ut the carliest convenient bour and that our was regulated by the heat of the They returned to their houses just in time for bed. Shanghai was in a slightly different position because the summer was a short one and a further consideration, he fancied, was that most

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of the people who had a say in the matter sent their children away from Shanghai to did not wish during the bot season. to move any anxadiment to the resolution proposed. For the reasons be had given he was opposed to it.

Subsequently, at the suggestion of the Chairman, Mr. Beavis said that he would

Bove, as an amendment to the resolution, that the alteration of tame should not b extended to the summer months.

Major Macdonald seconded the named- mont He pointed out that in the summer we had a very even day. Some of that might, remember that their clock was pit forward 27 minutes in order bring When them into gone time with Peking. that was done they felt that they lost a certain amount of daylight in the morn ing

If they put forward the cluck another hour they would seriously inter- fere with the business of the Colony. The working men would not start work in the morning while it was dark; they would simply sit down and wait about until it was bright daylight.

That it is the desire of the members of the Bongkong General Chamber of 'une in this Colony to give a triginter to the Daylight Saving system to the extent of balf an hour from 1st May next to 30th April, 1990, and that the Government be approached with a re quest to introduce the system by putting forward the dock half an hour at mid night on April 30th next. HON. MR. HOLYOAK SECONDS THE RESOLUTION

Hon. Mr. HOLA OAK--1 rise to second the resolution which has been proposed by the Chairman and in doing so I must confess to a perfectly open mind on the matter. I second the resolution because, so far as my own thought upon the subject goes, I think it will be to the general benefit of the Colony as a whole. It will be of benefit in the summer time because during the hottest part of the year the offices will commence their work at an earlier hour, and I think it is the common knowledge all of us that the best work is invari

of

The CHAIRMAN pointed out that if Mujer Macdonald was in favour of Mr. heavis amendment his argument was wrong. Mr. Benyis amendment suggested that the clock might be put forward in the winter and not in the summer.

NO CHANGE.

Major MACDONALD then remarked that he was against any alteration at all and he moved as an amendment that the clock Le not touched,

Mr. R. M. DYER seconded this.

Mr. C. W. BESWICK said he thought there was very little to support the altera- tion in the ordinary way but he would like to know whether we should be at are in relation with Shang- hai owing to the difference Unless there were reasons why we should рать

Major Macdonald's amendment that keep in line with Shanghai ho would sup there should be no changu.

Rocha); Royal Insurance Co., Ltd. (B portion of the European population da ably done during the earlier part of the ay disadvantage in the times.

Teana); E. D. Bassoon & Cu. (C. S Qabbay): David Smaon & Co., Lad, (E. Erza): 11. Skott & Co. (G. E. Wotton); De Sousa & Co. (E. V. M. R. de Souza) Standard Oil Co. of New York (W. B. Walker); Stewart Bros. (E. A. Ormiston);

pay some attention to the clock and that a little longer evening daylight would bencat the majority. if not on all the days of the week, at any rate on most of them. There would also be the advantage in the summer of getting to the office at

day.

When the cable system becomes normal once again we shall be able to do the important part of the work embodied in the cables before the real heat of the day sete in and, after office hours on a very hot day, although it may be per

Mr. N. J. Brasy pointed out that of ourse the two ports worked very much together and there was an advantage in concerned. But it was not a matter of being closely connected as far as time was

very

Union Trading Co. (8. M. Churn and an earlier, and consequently cooler part fectly true that it will be too early for material importance in the summer

V. Barretto): Wilkinson & Grist (C. E. H. Co. (A Bearis); Barry Wicking & Forism),

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exercise owing to the heat of the sun, wo shall at any rate coase for the most part the active operation of the brain under So much for the very trying conditions, summer. During the autumn and winter much will be gained by the Colony through the fact that sufficient time will

be left open for out-door exercise as opposed to indoor pastimes which, of

of the day, while in the winter months I assume that the extra half hour would just enable workers to engage in some out-door recreation instead of frequenting The CHAINMAN-Gentlemen, the calling billiard rooms and bars and indulging in of this meeting was not due to any sudden other indoor pastimes, which I am sure impulse on the part of your committed would make for the well-being generally 1 trust a daylight saving scheme upon of the Colony. (Laughter). In fact the

oparse, will be good for the office stafis the Colony. The matter was brought un only hardship I can find, from the point

and will mean more efficient work. The because Shanghai adopted a daylight of view of recreation if we adopt the saving scheme to the extent of advancing scheme all the year round, would fall on

Chairman has already explained to you that the Committee itself is divided upon the clock one hour, commenting on the that little band of enthusiasts who run 10 the training season, and 19th of April last and finishing on the ponies,

this subject. We have no desire to force

3041 of September.

Certain interests they, I think, chiefly consist of the much

a resolution on this meeting. Far from it We want the fullest and freest dis approached your committee to ask their maligned taipan who has no time rheet opinion, stating that for some instituto sign whon he arrives at the offer. tions, such as the banks, it might be somes There is one other advantage which may gussion of the whole subject so that it ray be decided, once and for all, whether it not have occurred to you. In ordinary times when onbles are working normally will be wise to make any change or not, Heaven knows, goutlemen, whether that and, if so, to what extent. For that pur will over come again-I remember that pose 1 second the resolution.

A PLEA FOR THE CHILDREN. enbles dispatched in Hongkong betweon

Mr. BEAVIS said he opposed the resolu 5 and 6 o'clock invariably arrived in our London office just too late in the after- tion which had been pat to the meeting, as it applied to the summer noon for them to be attended and replied so far

what inconvenient if there was such a

The

large difference in time between here and Shanghai, Your committee felt that an opinion on such an important point could not possibly be given without calling a full meeting of the Chambor. Daylight saving, in spite of serious opposition at first, in, I believe, now popular at Home

to the same day. The advanoo of the months, for one special · ronson, and in Ameries, and I believe, also, in

cloak, even to the extent of bulf an hour.

reason, he thought, would probably bp India and other places. Porhaps, there

new to most of thom. It had been sug fore, it is as well that we should enden. I would be very useful in that respect. A vour to decide, once and for all, whether study of the hours of sun-set and sun-risp gested to him and previously ho had not it is worth while making day representa-slows that in November, the sun would considered it. The alteration which had tion in this respect to the Government of rim, if you add 30 minutes on to our been suggested would, in: his opinion, bo this Colby. The resolution before you present time, at 7.0 am, in Decomber at prejudicial, possibly to the health and in in no way the outcome of the considered, 7.5, in January at 7.30, in February as certainly to tho comfort and convenience, opinion of your committon. It is merely 7.95 and in March at 7.2. Those are the of the European children of this Colony,

months except that they would be practi in the afternoons for three or four cally out off from the Shanghai market months. It would be 3 o'clock here and bo 4 o'clock there, and they would not able to get into touch with them by tele- grau. He thought, however, the grouter part of the business was done in the morn. ing.

He did not think half an hour mattered very much one way or the other. Major MACDONALD'S amendment that

to the meet: voted for it and twenty- there should be no change was then put

one against, and, therefore, by a majority of two fotes, the Chamber of Commerce decided that Hongkong should koop to its present time-table.

Twenty

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At the Magistracy, yesterday, before Mr. G. N. Orme, a Chinese was charged with being in unlawful possession of thirty taels of opium,

Defendant, it was stated, attempted to amuggle the opium on board the Tean, which was leaving for Shanghai. He was stopped by a watchmon and the drug

found concosled in a tin which we Mr. Orme fined defendant $3,500, with hanging to a girdle round his waist. the alternative of 12 months hard labour.

A Chinese girl and her mother were of charged, on remand, with possession 19 taols of opium.

At the previous hearing the daughter etated that the mother compelled her to abbmpany a man to his lodging with the opium. She was inocent of the offence. Mr Orme discharged the girl and fined the mother, who took the blame upou herself, $2,000, with the alternative of six month hard, labour.

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