Pukekohe's Half-Holiday

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 263, 30 March 1917, Page 2

Pukekohe's Half-Holiday

[TO THE EDITOR, j Si F) —May I be allowed space to call your attention to a rather glaring omission made in the advt. in your last issue published by five business men of Pukekohe intimating that if a Wednesday half-holi-day is carried by the vote of the people they will, continue to close their premises on Saturday. The omission I refer to is that the advt. should have been headed with the Royal Arms for is it not a regal decree issued by " Ihose who must be obeyed " (or think they ought to be). In effect these five tradesmen say to the electors " Vote for Wednesday at your peril and we will deny you the honour and privilege we condescend to grant you of buying your goods from us." Now, Sir, I regard this announcement as decidedly strengthening rather than weakening the case for Wednesday half-holiday advocates. The farmers suffer by the absence of competition in produce buying and if the two leading stores in the town refuse to do business with the farmer on a Saturday, which day of the week certainly suits him best to get into town, other merchants will come along and will cater for the farmer. Indeed it is no secret that already one Co-operative Company is looking out for a site on which to open in Pukekohe. —I am, etc., LIVE AND LET LIVE.