THE KING’S BIRTHDAY.
By announcemeat in another column it will bo seen that the bulk of the business people in town intend keeping the 9th—King’s Birthday—as a full holiday. This course is genenally being observed throughout the colony, although at first there was some doubt on the matter. The Sergeant of Police at Masterton has received the following letter from tbe Chief Inspector of Factories, with regard to what day shall be kept a holiday for the King’s Birthday. “ All factories employing women and young persons must close on Saturday, as it is a day appointed by statute, and the Mayor has no power to over-ride statute law. The Mayor of Wellington has refused to proclaim the holiday on Monday on the the ground that he has no legal power to do so. Therefore, I fail to see that the Mayor of Masterton has such power. Section 4 of the Shop Act 1894, and section 7 of the Shop Amendment Act, 1895, do not to my mind interfere with the question. If a shopkeeper chooses to close on tbe regular holiday, and keep open on the Saturday, we have no power to prevent him, as the Sovereign’s birthday is not a statutory holiday under the Shops Act; but any shopkeeper who keeps open on the regular half-holiday on that week must close his premises on the Saturday.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 6 November 1901, Page 2
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227THE KING’S BIRTHDAY. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 6 November 1901, Page 2
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