XMAS HOLIDAYS.

Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 23 December 1913, Page 3

XMAS HOLIDAYS.

DEPUTATION TO THE TOWN BOARD. A deputation consisting of Messrs Win tie, Wrigley, Turney, and Blair waited; on the Town Board at its meeting last evening, to request that it use its influeuce with business people to induce them to close their'premises from Wednesday evenibg until Monday morning. Mr Wintle acted as.spokesman and pointed out that the majoßy/ of business people were in favof. of closing down for the M£ specified. Their request app|ed; only to the present week,.not t6 the next, and they'hopeff the Board would assist'them; "'f v ';' Mr Wrigley said only the Saturday, and such an opportunity of securing four days holiday would not occur again for a considerable tiiiie. The Chairman .$?»! the matter had been well vchjjjated during the past few dayj,; ;^ul ? he understood a set!leniehnlad' been arrived at in favor of closing. If the Board endorsed the requisition it meant they,. would invite the business people to close, but they had no power to compel them to do so. Mr King said he had not been consulted in the matter at all. His firm had previously thought of closing from Wednesday until Monday, but on communicating with T.iuranga found that it was not th'! intention of tin people there to closs. They dij not therefore see that there nyajsj any necessity to close in Tesss!:i He pointed out that to for several days was particularlyawkward for somebiisjiipos, pecially with livery of bread districts. He certainly|vth''|p;j; a meeting of business )• !&£/ should have been called '''jp-i-,. the deputation waited oiggk Board. fcjj# Mr Montgomery also that the business people " ! os, : have called a meeting and d £&.' the matter amongst them. 1 - gft". The deputation then with-fcSs* and, after a slight Bayliss moved that the Boarp!|, r :,! press itself in favor of premises being closed from g&v; nesday night until Monday £§;; ing. Mr Tees seconded the nwii'a which was carried on a show of hands.