CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

Shannon News, 16 December 1924, Page 3

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

NO FINALITY REACHED.

A meeting of the business men oi Shannon was held in the Council Chambers on Friday afternoon to'decide what holidays shall he ooserveu in ciaannon during Christmas and me. New Year. Those. present were:— .Messrs- Gunning, J. V.. Burns, L. Marlin, J. Beard, H. Andrew, A.. .George, W. Quarrie, T-. Thwaites, and a. Mason. Mr W.. H. Gunning presided. Mr Gunning, in opening tlie meeiing, pointed out that as tne. Ojusuiesses represented AXere working “undet different awards, it was tor the meeting to. decide what days, to be observed most suitable to all. lie said that as far as his business was concerned it was working under two different awards.* Under the grocers; award he ..was. compelled to give las employees one ihalf day.’s holiday, apart from Christmas Lay and Now Year’s Day. The Grocers’ Union were agreeable io Saturday during- that week being substituted for Wednesday for the weekly half holiday. . Mr Andrew, said he was in receipt of a ruling from, the secretary oi l lie Manawatu Employers.’ \ Association which clearly stated that under me drapers, clothiers and hoot retailers’ 1 award, these trades, were exempt from the compulsory ihalf holiday. He pointed out that in the award there was a clause that the half holiday was to. ibe granted, but there,was another clause that overruled this one and he was of opinion that the grocers should take the risk. He proposed that the shops observe a late niglit on Wednesday (Christmas Eve), be closed Thursday and Friday and remain open oh Saturday until S.SU p.m. He moved in this, direction on behalf of the drapers and fancy goods firms. ,

Mr Martin seconded the motion conditionally that it was not compulsory to give the ihalf holiday; otherwise, he would be. in favour 'of closing all day Saturday. Messrs Gunning and Beard, representing the grocery trade, both pointed out that if the drapers could override their'' award,, the ,grocers, were unable to djo so. Mr Gunning expressed the opinion that he did not think much business would he missed by closing ail clay Saturday. Mr Andrew; That was said .about Easter Saturday- He had remained open yn that day and it had been , a good day. Discussion followed as to' the legality of the grocers, remaining open all day Saturday and the. Inspector of Factories at Palmerston North was communicated with by phone on the point,' but, the answer was. not satisfactory. (Mr Gunning then moived an-amend-ment that business, places observe a late night on Wednesday, close, Thursday and Friday and open Saturday morning closing at 12.30 p.m. ’ On a YQte being taken both questions received two votes, five, of tnose present ’ not voting either way. ~ Someone asked the chairman if he was going to exercise his casting vote. - Smilingly the replied: Yes, if you would like me to. The meeting then came to a suuden finish, without any finality being reached. The. position now is that each tradesman, will arrange, the no lbclays to suit himself. -

ling run through the opposition and passed to Lucas. The ball then reached Richardson, who dived over in the corner. Nepia failed with the kick and the game ended: New Zealand 25 Services •• • 8 Services Carry Scrummages. Except that the Servicemen gained possession of the ball from sixty per cent, of the scrummages, the visitors were vastly superior in every department. Their display was one of the finest of the tour, quite dissipating any suggestion of stateness. The passing reached ajxigh standard of excellence. Unerring tackling and backing-up were other noteworthy features. In the Limelight.,

Richardson was the finest forward on the ground and Was ably supported by Masters, Brownlie, and White. Nepia played with his usual brilliancy and consistency. Cooke’s übiquity and opportunism found full scope. All others added to their reputations. Seventeen penalties were given against the All Blacks, many of them being difficult to follow. The four penalties given against the Servicemen were greeted with ironical applause by little groups of Dominion supporters scattered in the crowd.

BLASTED HOPES. ' VISIT FROM DONOR OF RANFURLY SHIELD. LONDON, December 12. The game to-morrow between the All Blacks and United Services is arousing considerable interest and the Services are expected to provide a serious obstacle to the visitors’ unbeaten run. No effort has been spared to secure the best possible team and it is one that has played together in four matches. It is splendidly fit and includes four internationals. Practically every member of the team has played already against the All Blacks in different games.

Lord Ranfurly visited the New > Zealanders to-day and expressed j pleasure at the team’s success. ‘ > t Their game against Hampshire will ( go a long way towards preparing the All Blacks for the remaining London j fixtures. )

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