SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2504, 3 July 1915, Page 3

SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.

. Sir,—l . read. your,, timely 'article in this, morning's paper re the small newsagents and. the Saturday half-holiday. May.l bo permitted to briefly.state my owii experience? I have, a , small stationery business, and I do not employ 'laboui. .. Since the Saturday, half-holiday my. takings have diminished. 30 per cent. Added to that I am at present-alone in .the shop, and,-1 caiinot visit the warehouses or transact -any -.business at all on Saturday, afternobris. r.'Previous ' .to' ■ the _change' in holiday; I' could do, all my; business in comfort on Wednesday after:noons. • Another.'result 1 of ;the change is I-have had, to' closo itiy a'cboiuit at'the Post Office Savings .. Bank.. ,Tliere will either .have tp. : be change or the .Government; open the chief office for an hour for withdrawals, as well as deposits. Mine is not an isolated case. Besides losing my .custom I 'have.been placed .in; a,;very awkward position. Many, of my customers complain also of; the : great inconvenience to' them,, and some of them require credit now where they used to; pay ,cash,'. giving, as an. excuse that their hnsbands- are not paid till Saturday. Unless something is done and that soon many of. us will ■ not be; able -to tcarry on, and will have to: close jdowni Trusting you will this matter up for. it is,an\urgent one,—! am,' etc..: ANXIOUS,.