MONDAYISING HOLIDAYS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2149, 15 May 1914, Page 8

MONDAYISING HOLIDAYS.

(To the Editor.* Sir,—Having read ut T»;e Dwistos, ■: May .5, tto in«jting pi , -ilui Gouueil the WcHiii.gtoii of CojiVmercc, J w Jlonii.yisihg qf liflfidajy, and .nofiea' , ttiat ail-. T. lla-lliiigcr isto!]«J L y Bpiiosed , -it, I cGMsitlei- thi.it to mate •.■Jland«y ■ tire day for a:tt holidays (cxiEppi 6iixisU ««is Ihiy mid Good .ftidiiy) Mw uiosti e>wtable day tJiwiiglioi.it Mew ZealMtJ.' : ft'looks as if that, gt-atjoniaii Ijiirt Jifera«o fttctjior than Island fey in his lifo■ij'me, AVlton the late Sir Frafcrfrk Saiv goocl, of Vietoria, ftlsa a woH-lsabwii Nrnv ZoakutJ naiiio, was iii..:t.hp Si.yte ;Partiainejit./ he ktradUMjl'a lliil t<? 3iawj.a-fl hoHifov* otlwr thaii the two mentioned, iinc] two oiliors., kepi Mp or» ft Slaflflsv, and it was foolcetl upqii as 0110 • ■of the iincs't pieces ef legisbtioii fij-e'r iid«i)ted in Victoria. Oil holidays' earely New Zealand is not t<lo■ prand.' to take a loaf oiit nf her l/ook. K our Pjsrliiiweiifcis.j both jmst and ■prftseivt,, had 'itva hacliboiiy. they wowlrt .set'tfe all tho liftlida.Vs for aH Miijtj thi-o'ighoitt ' ikd ceftnfcfy, instead of kirirkiiift their j ref-iioiwßiiljties, hi dftferiMit totfiis tho q.uesfmi) is sfe'tiloc! by two w ' niniwy-jirabinng' slrdptoopftrs, w'iio cai) tiwmseh-es tlvfi t-mifcmt'm's s'esdsi'atw.us, ? r i>jl s<s .osi; as % wmtli givrc ww> Ivrjilv a rtnrHCG to have a derwt liolitlnv, tii.oso that ore al»}o ; io go i:a the sosswls <vr <whhl".v, it wonjft. meii.n w revointe, as "W'pijMosday is wot siiitjihls, -.iivrJ ■lne.ni.s a brolson vvpolc, rtiw! (0 my niiiitt waster!. Tie cvi#Mil>' tlo.?s :iio.l t.liiiiii that iha lai'toi'y wo-fke-r-s or <Mii])Ta,feSK.-, hams, Users, gf stea.m in a tot of (M.jo.s, tt , xvo.vikl hp iiufsi, jiipeiivMti.tmt to. Ckciii, 'Thevn is too inurtt pnt upon tlie fetc?'tm - j5 in this, fwmtry; -tto'ive dect Pft-vliiMiicnl fe represent the '|.'<jo]iTr\ or just' ]):'U'% .so? They do u«t consult:- -t-ho ppopfo if thoy want to i-ifsp a inißinu of t-fto i w!iy, ■ when tiio Uolidn- riwl ■Pi'o].i.i:i)U:ion 1 'quesiso'its;cro|) up? If the Reform -SovJ ntnmeut is t'rne to itftme, tJmj- liiuat J rat tip U it, amd (If. soJiic-tMilft to ikwp j tiro confldeircV , . of the liOopV, as this nowutry is goitirifj fnss-ili'si'fl insfortcl of koopfes up with..tho 'times.; As Srrtiir* ,-tlay i* the natural linTf-hoiklay, aijtl foT , ' nil othei-a Xtondny-, make 1:to half-tluy to start fi'mn noftn, as {11 fennn? fit lira toWns.—! am, etc., PIJi&GIiJESSIVE.