THE ADMIRAL'S VISIT.

Taihape Daily Times, 18 August 1919, Page 5

THE ADMIRAL'S VISIT.

EXPENSIVE HOLIDAYS. wEL~LIN‘_GToN, Aug. 16. TllO City Council calls a halt, mainly 011 the ground iethat ejery deelareld half-holiday costs {the cityl 343300 ‘in ext” Payments to the staff remaining 3'9 Wol‘k- The Mayor of Wellington VOTY I‘eluctantly refused a request to reclare a. public holiday when H.M.S. New Zealand arrives next Week, owing to ‘the strain on the cit.y finances. The qllo'Stion of deeltifed liolidays has, lie says, given him considerable. concern. Formerly when a holiday’was granted to the stafi’, the latter were willing to mam’ “P “1119 lost, but since the Council had engaged in utility services and commerciasl u'n’de*l-takings, the position was different. It was quite fair that the whole staff should be treated alike, and those who could not :take a holiday beea-use of the nature of their work were entitled to extra. pay. Under ‘those Cil‘C‘|l'(ll§‘i.'allC(3S. a halfhuoliday cost the City Council about £3OO. Finances would not stand that s't.r.ain. There were other reasons why the Mayor could not agree as ‘to the necessity of proclaiming a holiday. He said that the people would have ample opportunity for inspecting the slhi'f>'.”‘He intended ‘to make representations to have H.M.S. New Zealand thrown open while in port for inspection on Sa"t-urday afternoon and Sunday,