HASTINGS AND THE WEEKLY HALF-HOLIDAY
Hastings is divided against itself on thp old..'"old (| |l(,sl,ion "f "''' wetlily half-holiday. At present, the creator niimlier of the retail ;-li»r ,K ,: ' l)h0 "" Wednesday and ii f'">v on Saturday. Tlinl. is ehielly heoauso h'l(<lf;):iy is market flav iii'tlii' town. and linsinws people naturally wish In ::'->■ all lliiit is (MimiiiK their way. lint I'm Chamher nf t'oiiiiiiprcc raised the <|iicslion us In whether it would not he adyisahle. for everyone to I'losc nil S'.alurdav fift.i-r----liotiii. aiid so fiill into liiu' .villi other places (and Ihoinselyes) hy uniformity. 'Hip sliopU-H'iH'rs who do well on a Saturday nftenoei an- up in arms,' and petitions and connlerpntitions are Ijpiup; circulated. In fuel. Hastings is expericiH'iiig nil Hip symptoms and "rushes of Mood lo the head" that ollior towns have, and may find in thp end that disastpr will nut Inflow tho miiyorsal Saturday halfholidav, ind that market day may jtul as well he on the Friday as my oilier day in the week.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 71, 17 December 1917, Page 15
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164HASTINGS AND THE WEEKLY HALF-HOLIDAY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 71, 17 December 1917, Page 15
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