The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-09-21
Making the Week the Unit
Measure Instead of the
Month.

LONDON, Sept. 16-Sir Henry
Daiziel, leader Of the Ultra-radicals
in the House OF Commons, the
father of the bill which aims at Civ.
Ing Scotland local self-government,
has just had prepared bill to alter
the calendar. This bill, known as
the Fixed Calendar Bill, contains
some novel features. AS the mem
orandum which accompanies 1t ex-
plains, the bill purposes to substi-
tute for the present irregular cal
endar periods, OF which the week is
the common measure.
IN this. as in other features, It
differs from the Calendar Reform
IBnl introduced in the House of
Commons in 1908, but which never
Igot beyond the second reading stage.
That bill sought TO make the
months as uniform in length as pos
sible, but as a difference in this re-
spect is unavoidable in year with
twelve months, 1t is thought better
ito increase that difference so as to
ALLOW of the week being a common
measure OF all months. This ar
arrangement makes it possible for
each month to begin on Sunday
and end on a Saturday.
A table giving the proposed fixed
calendar shows that the months of
January, February, April, May, July,
August, October and November
would each consist of 28 days.
whilst the remaining months of
March, June, September and Deem
Der would each have thirty-five days,
New Year Day" is set apart, thus
bringing the total of days up to
the requisite number of 365, whilst
for Leap Years special day is set
apart as Leap Day" which is to be
inter-calated between the last day OF
June and the first day of July, as re-
: constituted by the bill
A clause in the bill lays down that
the New Year Day and Leap Day
shall neither be counted days of the
week, and shall not, except where
specially mentioned or provided for
be held TO be included in any com.
putatio4 of days, but shall other,
wise be public bank holidays. The
conditions of labor on those tive
days and the remuneration therefor
under the bill, would conform as
/ far as possible to what prevails on
Sundays A fixed date, April Is, is
selected for Easter Day.
Finally the bill, if passed by Par
Lament, VI not become operative
until the government decides that
sufficient International concurrence
has been secured.
1t Is generally anticipated in
Transatlantic shipping circles that
the pooling arrangement, which ex-
pires October 81, will be renewed at
the resumed conference to be held
in Cologne this month. The Cana
dian Pacific Railway Company
which works its shipping interests
chiefly as feeder for the railway,
and which has heretofore opposed
the extension of the agreement, has,
1t is believed, as a result Of CON
cessions granted by the continental
companies, modified its attitude.
! The movement OF passengers dur
ing the first half OF this year did
rot realize expectations, partly on
account OF many Americans waiting
until later in the year to visit Eng
land. thus avoiding the high
charges which prevailed during the
coronation period. The decrease,
however, was general in all classes,
both eastbound and westbound On
the routes to America the total de-
crease was 1919 From British
ports to Canada, on the other hand,
there was an increase of 2O,531.
The continental lines have been the
chief sufferers, the four leading ones
having carried S5,S4S fewer pas
sengers than they did for the same
period last year.
Uder the old agreement these
four companies were entitled to
i. sixty-two per cent of the pooled
traffic. They actually carried 49,
s44 fewer passengers than the nun.
Der on which that percentage was
based. In view of this, it is under,
stood that they are prepared II
adopt a conciliatory attitude to avoid
rate war.
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by the Calcutta Turf Club, the
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which has grown to gigantic pro