WEEKLY HALF-HOLIDAY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11481, 14 January 1903, Page 9

WEEKLY HALF-HOLIDAY.

', TO THE EDITOK OV THE PHESS. Sit, would like to know if the advofttes of the Saturday half-holiday ihhik ,' duix caas'e already won, us they are making no etir in the matter. If so, they * Uβ making a huge misst<ake, «s the opposing forovs were never more bitter in ' their opposition than at the present nio- - peat. The latest development is tihe '. lUdd taken by the liotelkeepers, tmd ruBour has it that already one delegate, -who TCI one of the strongest supporters of V ttw Saturday iiaLf-holiday, is wavering, en- ,' ti«ly owing to tihe publicans' inlluence. J {Qwre is na doubt in my mind tluat should tf Worday be fixed as the weekly holiday *: dues "would be considerably less liquor ■?; told, and the publicans evidently think the ij UP* Now to euccessfully cope rth the ijfflerent opponente of this, the only ra- : _ tiooal fiialf4ioliday, the most strenuous ef- - Ms should be made by both employers -mi tyisistants. Where is the committee rf shop assistants ■which, was elected at ' the Oddfellows' Hall? Why don't they • fcatir themselves? Surely the cause is worth a little effort, and! I think that * it all that is required to make the Satur- '■■ d»T half-holiday an acknowledged fact.— V £<ni»j etc., iPATER.