TO-DAY IS MARKET DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 May 1921, Page 4

TO-DAY IS MARKET DAY.

CHANGE IN NEW PLYMOUTH. L—-X HALF-HOLIDAY TO-MORROW. This week marks the disappearance of the Saturday market day in New Ply-* mouth, for with the advent of the Sate urday half-holiday to-morrow, to-day is market day, and the shops will remain open until nine o’clock to-night. And from now on Friday will be New Plymouth’s <|ay. The change is being signalised by the retail business community in. a spirit approaching the carnival season, for the shops have made special efforts to make their displays to-day more attractive than usual, new price tickets have been written specially for to-day, the picture theatres are putting on special programmes, and to-night the Citizens* Band will join in the celebration. All the good things the shopkeepers promise at prices reminiscent of those seemingly far-away days of before the war should alone bring cheer to the perplexed housewife, ensuring a day of brisk business, while to country people the change of habit will be made easier by the many extra inducements io bring people to New Plymouth to-day. The efforts being made to popularise Friday as the market day should be an additional reminder to shoppers of the change over, and that at 12.30 p.m. on Saturdays businesses close down. There are one or two exceptions, notably the butchers and pastry-cooks, who have announced their intention of keeping open. There are also a number of other trades who will continue to observe Thursday The majority, however, kept their pre< mises open yesterday afternoon.