The "Daylight Saving Bill" was under discussion before a Select
Committee on Thursday, a Committee of which Sir Edward Sassoon is Chairman. The evidence offered was of a very interesting kind, and on the whole supports the view of the promoters of the Bill that the measure is practical in its character. We note, however, that Mr. Gooday, the general manager of the Great Eastern Railway, though sympathising with the Bill, declared that he would prefer to see the adoption of Mid-European time, which was an hour earlier. "He felt that if the clocks had to be put forward in four successive weeks there would be great confusion in the railway service." The general manager of the London and South- Western also preferred that the alteration should be made "all at once." The general manager of the Midland, on the other band, is in favour of the Bill as it stands.
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