THE TARANAKI REGATTA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 4 February 1907, Page 2

THE TARANAKI REGATTA.

To the Kditoi\

Your ill tick' in 10-day's i'ssue IV till' holiday and till' action ii:' tin. .\lay or rails tin- some reply, ami n s.ale ! went of 111.. ni H . from a New j\y- \ 'iiin ■ ■laiidpoinl. Take Labour i),'i , 1 first. i oil surely know thai (li.s is 1 a -latutorv holiday, and wlict.!«i' it I falls on a Thursday or anv o li-i day in tin! week must lie olis,'rvrd. jt j* H i regarded by most towns in this ~,-0 vince, Waitara being a noticeable , ceptioil, Unit -all holiday funcUonwhicli are depending upon the pubic lor support, shall lie as I'ar as possible fixed lor the usual weekly half Holiday, which I believe is uniform in this province, namely, Thursday. Did William consider the interest of the New Plymouth Friendly Kucieti.'s when, 12 months ago, tliey arranged their regatta on a da v which, for year, past, had been observed by this 'town us tiie picnic of the year? W'liv could n'ot the regatta have been lixed this year for the Thursday instead of the day before. Then to my mind the most vital point fa llic changing of the holiday from the regularly appointed liny. The storekeepers of this or any Oilier town will tell vou Unit whatever other day in the week is observed, the ordinary half holiday is always a blankso far as business is concerned, and therefore bo much business is lost if another day is brought in. Vou sav Unit half the tradespeople are in f;i V.Mir of acceding to Waitura's rci|iiosl, a in! the other half not unfavourable to falling into line. I very much (pies tion your authority on that, for I know in many quarters a strong feeling of opposition was expressed against the change. The tradesmen of .Ne.v I'iynionlii do not wish to be un-ne:gli-boiirly, but they cannot a I ford to let their business siip by and disarrange tho whole of their work for a fixture which with a little arrangement niigrt have been made to lit in with the provincial half-holiday.—i am, etc., J.