PAPAKURA'S HALF-HOLIDAY.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 272, 4 May 1917, Page 2

PAPAKURA'S HALF-HOLIDAY.

do tii- I;.H«..i> Sir, Tlio election in J'ukekuhe lias been watched with iiitci'i-.st by a .treat many oiitsid- <ii-t.riots, chiefly owinl:> ill- !>i>ll taken on tin- question of 111- half-holiday. In I'apakura especially has this been mi, as an attempt was maiii !a-t year 1" obtain a pii]] on ih- same 11lit■ ~ti'>ii. which unfortunately did 11<•< eventuate. Those wh<> tried 1" briii'-: about this r-fnnn w. re 111 >j> 11-• 1 to much abuse by = o||i- . i 111- bll-iIK'S.S people. T" ih--- in ji.i rli«-ill n?•. ni:d to all Ih--1111 ~ i 11. •- - lii-n of Papakura, I -hoiild lik- |o put Ih- followiu- r;ll-s?ioil«, viz.: Why did Pukekoh- by a majority of -i.'l'J votes decide in favour of the continuance of th- Saturday hall-holiday? Why did the majority, if not all th- ni'4 progressive, t tit-r----prisiii'/. and successful business men of |'uk-k"ho advocate Saturday halfholiday'-' If Saturday is the best day for I'lik'-koh-. whv -lioiild it ii"t be 11,- bc<t for Papakura? We have recently had formed in I'a pa k ura a Katopay-rs' Association (a .-lire s i >_• 11 of progress'), and one of th- object- Of this association i- "to -ii."j'--t iinprovi'iiicnfs for the township --iiei all v." I beli-v- Saturday half-holiday t<> l„ an iinprovement. and respectfully i'. oiii'-t the con-iil- ration of this mips[ioii by lb- association, and its active •o-op-ratioii in brin;jiiiL r about, a- far is (|,is ]i,,minion is concerned, the ■viturd.iv half-holiday for all labour - S A F.A Panakma, Ist May, 1917. j