DEPUTATION TO THE MINISTER
WELLINGTON, February 12. A deputation from Wan<ninui interviewed the Hon J. A. Millar this morning and questioned the legality of tho recent pro* ceedings by which the Saturday half-holi-day was declared in the borough. Mr A. D. Willis submitted that tha fairest wav out of the difficulty would ba to loa\e the issue to be settled by the ratepayers constitutionally 12 months henco at the municipal elections. Mr Lloyd Jones stated that the gazetting of Saturday would inflict loss on many, tradesmen. The Minister replied that neither batur< day nor Thursday would be gazetted till he' had secured the fullest information on, the subject. He desired to act in Accordance with the wishes of the majority of the townspeople. The whole trouble was that Wanganui was a combined district..
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Otago Witness, Issue 2814, 19 February 1908, Page 4
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133DEPUTATION TO THE MINISTER Otago Witness, Issue 2814, 19 February 1908, Page 4
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