The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-02
HONOLULU
NTOMOVE AHEAD
While Not Included In Act Public
Sentiment Strong

With the navy taking the lead yes
torday by advancing its one hour, the
daylight saving plan win probably he
adopted in all activities Of the Terri
tory within the pext few days.
Such is the belief expressed yester,
day by business men and officials who
are confident that, even though the
change is not enforced in Hawaii by
the war department as il is on the
mainland, IL must follow here in order
to prevent disorder az to time worse
than the confusion of tongues at the
| tower of Babel.
In anticipation Of action by the Gov
ernor in the matter of making the
rhange general, the special meeting of
! the chamber of commerce which was to
have been held today for the purpose
Of going on record has been cancelled.
"The matter Is now in the hands
Of the Governor" said Raymond
] Brown, secretary Of the chamber, yes.
terday, "and for this reason il would
be useless for US to take any action.
The whole thing is in his hands.
Merchants In Favor
By large majority the merchants
Of the city are believed to be in favor
Of the general application of the
| scheme as war measure. The general
application of the rule on the mainland
'ontains all manner Of possibilities for
mixups, it is argued, as wen as the IN
desirable situation here when certain
government departments have adopted
the rule and when boats will depart &C.
cording to the new schedule Of time.
The navy change which became eff
fective yesterday includes the Pearl
| Harbor navy yard, the Allen Street
naval station, all wireless stations on
Oahu and the naval radio office. All
clocks in these departments were
moved ahead one hour and the naval
Employees now begin work at eight in
the morning by civilian time and stop
| IT three. ~. 60.
Expected orders have not yet ar
rived at army headquarters but it is
'hought that by the middle of the week
all of the military activities will be
IN schedule one hour ahead of the
locks in Honolulu, and calculations
will have to be made to allow for this
discrepancy in all transactions. Also
all calculations for time with the
| coast such as cable communication
and the arrival Of boats, will have to
take into account the fact that HO-
nolulu is now three hours and twenty
[ minutes behind San Francisco in time
instead of two hours and twenty min.
utes as was the case before the main
land adopted the new time. The cable
ompany, not being directly under gov
>rnment control, has not changed its
lime as yet, preferring to wait until
he change becomes effective through.
out the city.
Trains Run Early
| The first predieament that arose yes
| terday jas result of the discrepancy
In time between civil and naval clocks
was in the matter of the o. r. & l..
trains running from here to Pearl
HarbOr. This was settled by running
them one hour earlier than formerly to
conform with the Pearl Harbor time,
although much difficulty was caused at
this end. The Pearl HarbOr trains
were also one hour ahead Of time, &C.
rOrling to Honolulu time, in arriving
from Pearl Harbor. This change will
continue on that branch today although
the railway company is awaiting the
action of the Governor before making
the readjustment over its entire sys-
tenn.
| w. 7. Dillingham;, president of the
Ichamber of commerce, regards the mat
ter in the light of patriotism and takes
the stand that Hawaii should follow
suit in any matter that has been al.
ready put into force on the mainland
as war conservation measure.
! at is inconsistent to expect one
half Of the population to regulate it
self by one time and the other half
by another time, - he said Yesterday.
Mayor is Waiting
Mayor Joseph !. Fern was about to
issue n proclamation in favor of the
adoption by the city and county de-
nartments of the daylight saving regu-
alton authorized by the President,
when he was asked to attend the meet
ing of business men and the Governor
on Saturday, but will now await the
'eceipt of additional advices from
Washington before doing so.
"I attended the meeting' said the
mayor yesterday, land agreed with all
present to defer any action concerning
putting the daylight saving order into
effect until certain other advices are
received. Messages have been sent ia
Washington and a reply should be re-
eeived presently.
PERSONALLY, l am glad to see this
order put into effect here, for it only
mphasiZea the old time habit of the
Hawaiian who rose with the first blush
of dawn and got about his work in the
l. taro patches and potato fields, and went
out fishing and completed his work be
fore the sun was at the meridian.
1.-THE Hawaiian still likes to get uE
early and commence whatever duties
he has in mind. 1t gives him more
daylight hours, after completing the au
, thorized and official hours of work, fol
! recreation.
81 will issue proclamation wher
j the information called for is received
5 having agreed to Wu'!, the entire mat
2 ter being placed in the hands of thu
= Governor
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