HALF-HOLIDAY POLL

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 266, 13 April 1917, Page 3

HALF-HOLIDAY POLL

To the Electors of Pukekohe.

This is a Democratic Country and there can be no fairer method of disposing of the half-holiday question than by means of that Democratic institution—a Referendum of the people. You as Ratepayers (directly or indin ctly) are naturally anxious to have a say in settling a question that vitally affects your own and Pukekohe's prosperity. Some five or six traders are attempting to defeat the fair and reasonable objects of this Referendum ly threatening to close their premises on Saturday in the event of Wednesday being declared by vot6 as the half-holiday;'

This is a rather unsportsmanlike attitude to adopt and seems to be an attempt to coerce the Electors into following the dictates of these few tiaders to the detriment of the interests of the people generally. Let fair argument prevail. Let us dispose of this question on the fair and &quare bapis—the most good for the most people. Let us settle the question by means of the ballot box, either party standing or falling by this Democratic method of settling the question—and not by highhanded endeavours to coerce the Electors. The future and present prosperity is entirely in your own hands. Vote for WEDNESDAY AND SHOP all Day Saturdays 1612