SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY OPPOSED.
' .WELLINGTON,; Last Night. ■ About 120 shopkeepers met tonight to take action in view, of. the ' coming poll on the question of the weekly half-holiday being observed on Saturday. The meeting was strongly against the proposed 1 change, the opinions being that it would cause considerable dislocation and loss of" trade, and would specially injure small .shopkeepers. ; A/ strong committee was appointed ,to v: work for the retention of the -Wednesday half-holiday. A .•resolution was passed protesting against the clause in the Shops and Offices Act, ■ allowing Municipal electors to decide the day for the half-holiday for the closing of shops, Considering the clause harrassiiig and. against the interests. of the business community. •. '■
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10195, 24 March 1911, Page 5
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115SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY OPPOSED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10195, 24 March 1911, Page 5
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