PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 976, 17 November 1910, Page 4

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

$ ■ vi MONDAY. OBSERVANCE PROPOSED, y. It is proposed that the' Public Holi< ' es days Bill shall come iiito force on Janu« u * ary 1, 1911, Where in any Act or in.' any award or. industrial 1 agreement reference 'is made to Labour Day such reference shall be deemed to be the fourth' m Monday in October. As regards other al holidays, they are to be observed as folie ion-: —Empire Day, fourth Monday in y Dominion Day, fourth Monday in September; Sovereign's birthday, to the-: , succeeding Monday, except when tho. k. J?rthday falls on a Monday; Christmas ~ Day or New Year's Day, ; when they fall n. a the succeeding Montft 17*' Ike schedule of bank holidays is if ?, ltei ; e i . as under :-New Year's ; S 00 ? X^i da y. the day. after Good. Friday, 1r £ o . n( * a y> Christmas Day, the day fn ( L . < rF Christmas day, -the Sovereign'? i? Labour Day, Whit Monday, 17 (St. Patrick's Day), April 23 in 4 i s Day), and November 30 (St. ■>f» 'brew's Day). It is proposed to add , to. the Shops and Offices "Act: "When, the birthday of the Sovereign falls on ," a y other than Monday, then for t, all the purposes of this section the next m succeeding Monday shall be deemed to be the special day, in lieu of the birth- ; day. As regards the Factories Act,' ifc ; is proposed to amend it as under: "Pro--vided that Christmas Day and New lears Day fall on a Sunday, or when, the :birthday of tlie reigning Sovereign 'i? - ,9 n an Y other : than Monday, then the holiday shall be allowed on the lm next succeeding Monday." :c s