THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY. To make Saturday half-holiday statutory would be a step in the wrong direction. Experience hasfshb\v-n that on Saturday afternoon,' whether because the workers are free or •because-- • they have just received, their weekly wages, more i purchasing’ 'is ‘generally : done then than 0 n any ,other day’;in the week'/ That certainly is the cash "•’/ " .in ’many towns and districts, aiid so' sis . to suit both the convenience of-the' ■ - ? ' workers and the interests of .the shopkeepers, tlie : wiser course is to allow the question ■of the weekly half-holi-day -bo. settled locally in accordance ■ with local conditions.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1929, Page 4
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101THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1929, Page 4
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