HOLIDAY DATES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 850, 19 December 1929, Page 12

HOLIDAY DATES

BANKS TO CLOSE ON FRIDAY U "

POSITION OF SHOPKEEPERS

By adding Friday, Dtc,r»k 27, to their regular Chri.tl,,!'’ holidays, banks throughout N. Zealand will be closed for thrV’ full days from Christmas Eve. Auckland tradespeople, i n co with their colleagues in all rarts ’ the country, will he obligee in v ° their heavy Christmas Kvc uii until Saturday morning. ,lnss

The decision means also that in tv ease of a great many concerns will not be paid until Saturday ing. with the result that the ployees affected will have a ,- limited opportunity of making n J'' 7 sarv purchases unless shops reme' open all day ou Saturday. U * lJ: This position is made' evident h a notification front all hanks lished today. A similar difficult, arose last year when the banks t • lowed the same course and much K convenience was caused. ID ’

“It means I will have to take n, cash home on Christmas Eve a H keep it in the house for three dav.’ a small shopkeeper told The s this morning. “My Christmas iv takings mean a lot to me and comparatively large. The Christ*!! holidays will be a worrying time fr me.” He expressed tho feeling of mamother small traders whose businp facilities were surh that large sun' of money could not with safety i left in their shops.

Larger tradespeople were ah unanimous in deploring the neressiufor large cash sums to be neld art vatelv for three days.

Doubtless Christmas shoppers take full advantage of tomorrowlate night, for only four and a-hal' business days are left.

Ou Christmas Eve and New Year, Eve shops will be open till 10 p B but the usual late night next wee, and in the New Year week will 10 , be observed.

The holidays for shops will be Dr cember 25 and 26, and January la2, iu addition to the usual Saturda, half-holiday. The banks will be closed durisChristmas from Christmas Eve uni Saturda}', December 2S. and at NoYear from December-31 to Januir 3. Those dates, of course, are no inclusive.

The Auckland Stock Exchange will be closed from Monday, December until AYednesday, January 8, inclusive. The legal v acation will extend from Tuesday, December 24, to Timday, January 7, inclusive.