THE HALF-HOLIDAY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 415, 26 January 1909, Page 9

THE HALF-HOLIDAY.

SMAU MEN HOSTILE TO SATURDAY.

;-:;///.$h*:.TOoathig it :tho : SiibpkeopSJs!' As'sodiatidn; : :/ : -," : :/;,: ■ 80m(T ■ anti-Sdturtlay / half-Koiiday, •' . /-?.ej*^es : i-W]iioh/sadw'6d ; thd mihd:,ot : ,thß small - -■'■ v: ;v// c //':-/; : /' ' ;./;:»fhb:presid^t ; ;i -./i: to canvassers'-lyhci: wete, four-; ./ : "/.:in'g "itllo/ elty./ for iignatures/in'. favour, of ..the />/ said /that:' i: -.'C any.. petition t6 iU City; Coiindii; arfe'etifis this : :// Uifttter-" 1 iniist::contain/:th6/ sigiintiires/of/ : fine-. . '':■ :-VtentJt/pfHhfe:nahies on'tjie/eleotbral/roif,-and //:...-tiHs-'-ithd'.-to .i)6'.tres'ehte'd:tb"ty cduneii-fbiiv:. iJlebtiort:.(which '>,V-:ta'Ms'-place.'-ori.' \\\i -lasit AYedubsdiij' 'iiv>Aptil);. : :/:• According tfl: reports^:: tliii ;.«Miv'SsserS. wfcro hot : : Mating-with: .Very/E'reat Miooesii.v: They '.had : "-"'•got drily a feW."hlinured". sigiiaturfSi, aiitf even ■/ ' thd"assistants"T'-tlicliisilWj'. ;wer : ii :t'tSiidirig'-y;dft'. ; -/: InTiny::case, /lie; thought that*'}he p'etitioh > - : wfiiild: be rciidared: void, ■ as' sbm'6. of ,tho \ sigria-. .'/tuteswefs those of persons not oil the electoral v;;v\»U£:o:^j:'"^ V/|'SA^bj^ : ;'HALF-H6ilD^" ; EiLS^ : //;',,.iDloVfcdJr-''That.;this/assd9iKtioh/: t r'Scomiiseiia; . •>"::'toi/.the/City,':^Corißcil..:the cpntiriuatibii:;of.,Wed-, /// :nesdftjf.;as/the; : statutory /halfrhdliday;" //'ln./ddirigV.sS/ilio .'stated/thdt: ther.iWedrie'sday, had/been ; -tlid. re'c6|riised .orie.'fqr ./;,:; blilk df'the/people. 1./,heldith8 r 'cide'a/thatvthi)t .was, the/prdper ;day.; /> /He' icpiild' ript /titiderst'and /it /was /made , / .aiti;:'ahriual.-questibiii- as/tlieva.doptioh-.df, l Wed-, . ./"./.nesday-"did .ndt-d^bar-tlidse' shQpkespers who. /.- W§h'y":tb'do : , /': lirwas'; wfnrig: to. insist.on ; n/trifiri : closinßrtm.. ■v./Satrirdayi : ;;' In:;his•: tfadeV; (tailoriris), :fdr ;'in- /-;;." stitiftb): it .wpiildj riot: stiit-rit .411., .There- werd. .;'■../p?pji.le'.that/would not-combiii late/dii .Friday'■' /..-j-iJobplejrho .warite'd, to'see' the by: day-. .-'/-.iight.'.:/ They, .W'dre. riot .gpirig. td'takd/Kalf-a-' ;;,day:,pff::to:.cdme iii-froiii Makafa orKarori to "■■ ■■}■. BeajCthe:.SobdsV-.'.i.Th'at/part, of, the-trade'must ,: ; ../;dep'ai't,-frpm::-'tliem-?if iSatufdajr,"dld'siiig;• Was ;•' *: -.made s general. :.'.lt.,Vas riot :a.new,tliirig-rthis olpsing...lt/had been tried in Auck-; :-/:": ; land',(whicli: was : a:tpwn:as:hig,if:iidt:big"ger;; /S;/tliilii?.WeUmgton)//aild. it.Jadialspr bdSri' trtdd - ,-vinANelsori.;; j'lri; bp.th-cases' those-affected 'had. ////liftd/iq:'revert either/to, Weanesday~pr :td':s6hie •-. btner.'-da'y-in .the: middle-'ofwthe-.'.Weefc■'■'/•.J-';:;,-'. •/// vMr;:S.: Bpss:■:Sive/theiii (the.:Tr'ade's'"Corincil) -..-.enough 'rope and;.they'll liang'.'thiirilsyvSs';':■./.'•'■:.• .■■'•'■•: '-/Mr. ■■i L. Christesen: (hairdresser';, and-itobaccd-. '~ ///nisO.vs'aid that; ,s.d' far."'• as.;:hiS: trade .Was", cdn-. "'..:, « ceffietlj■•; he':.wdrild ."lose. - the, : best' 'day-?of::the. ■/.:/ wedk- byj.having/to close "on Saturday./ If. was" SerhaplZ equal - tb.-three^rtwo/at; ays-,of; ; the; week.;■/jlt.'ivduld -kill'thd'/simall. vV:-::-'6hfipkeep.er'i-'W^ .//,'.(whd;,;iri '.their beginriiiigs. worked/all, lldurs):' •'. /, flttwas'.aU' very/well.' to...ask : for '.general clpsirig .;/.:■: on /the.- Saturday, .but '"wAs/it'. going., to" beiie'fit / :'/.tbe/'§mfill :/// .7 //to lively/; ■:-.■ .;::/,/:./:.:•/: ;, ; feature of the. matter,' S6dbrd-'-. '.-' iig/;t6;. Sir. Millington ) -.,:was..'tp.: bd .fdtirid.'in /■:.: ..'the:;*fact: that,.,if: r ..they.; wdreV:iill".t6;close/ oh , :; "/>Satiirdny, .afternoon there lyduid riot' be enough /:- redtfeatioii gfSandsvf or".thosd'who.played'footr: '•■/•:■ ■""• ban ( :6r:'criek6t'/at-pfesentj/pliis .the ; -afiriyof .;.:■■./,assisiafits:- I wKd .'ridW-erijoy -• Fu'r- : - .: -thef.'/Wellingtpn was:a seapprt fpWri./and car- - /'--Tied-fa: largo' cosni'opolifan.v'population /at'"all , tirnfeS./.- "\Vhat'. a.dismal, spot- Wellington; would :■ be* to '''visitor's if: the, slldps -,wef e:' id ; bd:; closed: ..".// dri'/S&tiifday .'; : affefiiddil "ftild 'eVeiiifl^.<'.;-:That '.•;.-' as'piftt ■'',of/the: matter, ought' to'; be -'considered. /,/, as .-.it VaSected-the fair- name .of, the. city;.'. :.He ■'■■■■/ was" at ■ a -loss : to; kridiv'/ivhy. tjhe Tirades v Couricil; // '-had/taken :the' matter must "have; had: .:-•:;'an",axe'; to./grind -sdriiewfieiei'-; :,Hd-fW-d-uld ';b'e"' ;.."•-quite,: satisfied-if-the/poll" was ■ taken-amongst ::'■'•': it'■ tfas! iirifaito'td, leave it -to,. ;" ■' .a• idt ■■ 6V peopk' -whdiii : it : - did: iipt, affect:" ■•:v '■'. •,;, /:•:■/ Thg;chaiKmari: Sdid'that'the:cdliildil's',iriteri-'- /;-- Hon;-was/doubtless-jto*alleviate thS:l6iig-sufTefr' ;/r;.,-irig::'Shop-assistants;;but the-shop-assistaiitS-did'. t '- ':■■■ ' not -,warit: it.-: :lf.'it./did.j.cdme abdut :sdirie 'of : •/ them/would:lose : their, billets/: as,-.he/Mew.-..tif• *~':'/.Beveral firms: who,;kefit 'assistants': to'/ cd'hfewitl) ' ■■■':■'. -.tte/eitra'itrade/on; Saturdays. '/He /did .'. nt*t : / v/.thihli/that fine; .Trades.-Council.'.had-.ari,aie'^tp ' v/:'gririd—they/'were/riierely / attempting:,to - give ; -/medibine.-:to''.'thbseLwdip;werei'juite'''well;'-! ./<-:; :/-':::' Mi/vGhristeseri, : said -that; it;was.Tidic'uldus " : ' .'to.taink,tliat'-the ; ratep.ayers'',or:eledtors ; ;shoijld: ■ ■ decide/when: lie' was' to. cidse his', Apb/fetlidyWid.. //'ndtjtiai/the/rent":ttr' t :th6; rates.::,-Saturday. ; ' v -, clds'iri?:-would .certainly-;bd. ; thbm'eftiiS; ; .df : -seiid: '■-' ' :ihg:'the".9maile^^^ ...'/:, rriptey/. Corirt.■;: /The, + t .did/.riot^ruri. .late : trains : : on they. .did'-Sot 'dp"";- so : '- , : on •'•'Saturday 'to/convenieiice. thepublid^aifhey " , :- (theijshbpkeep'ers). .did . by/keepirig : dpen'^their' ■ shfibs:^'"■:'■''.■";:V// : ' : :/ f -' : ': ':"'- :, ':'- , -/ : ' V-' : .;// : ;'"/;/v ■;-:-■■'•^■■.i/T'iwentvbut'..by/the :late'train.'bh'Saturday'/V ~": said-'the .chairman,- "and it was/packed with. :- 'people ;:fbr-Porirua.-(iiot' for .theiasyluni)... and : :■- Pliriitneftbn. ■; ; -It-took- an ,hptif. .arid tt;*,half to .;.■-; reach':Porirua, : arid;l;a'nv. told;, that .'that is.the: '■■ : fastest timeipiitup. since.the-Gpyefrihient took: //- :over;the lirie^ZMy^dpihionVis'Unati^ '^.:' , ./'^'dleVand'"^Torking..'olasses''inridefst6bd'..tbArpd3i i .. ■: : tibn'.' they : would /refuse ■■. to -' sign .the"', petition.'-' Oft Mr. Jones's motionb'eirig - nut to, the meet-' L '//ing':.it: Wfts'carried/nnaniriiouslT;>-;;-.;;-;•;, :,/:;:::