THE KING'S BIRTHDAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 313, 29 May 1911, Page 5

THE KING'S BIRTHDAY.

OFFICIALLY CELEBRATED. By Cable—Pri—* Association —Copyright. Received 28, 5.5 p.m. London, May 27. The King's birthday was officially celebrated to-day. The Royal procession, including the representatives of foreign armies and navies, witnessed the trooping of colors.

SOME MISAPPREHENSION. The Labor Department states that in reference to the observance of the Sovereign's Birthday as a holiday, there appears to be some misapprehension on the part ,of many persons to the effect that under the Public Holidays Act of last year the Sovereign's Birthday, which falls on Saturday, June 3, must be observed on the following Monday (says the Wellington Dominion). Although there was some proposal afoot to "Mondayise" many of the public holidays, the Public Holiday's Act, 1910, did not carry this proposal into effect as regards the Sovereign's Birthday. Under this Act, it is only when the Sovereign's Birthday falls on a Sunday that it shall be deemed on the succeeding Monday. The only holidays that are actually "Mondayised" are Labor Day. which is moved from the second Wednesday in October to the fourth Monday in October, and Dominion Day. which is now held on the fourth Monday in September.