THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1912. WEEKLY HALF-HOLIDAY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10632, 10 May 1912, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1912. WEEKLY HALF-HOLIDAY.

It is quite 'within the province of a miembeir of .the Masterton Borough Council to test public feeling on the question l "of • the day of closing (of the 1 'business establishments. Indeed, the niior'e ofteiiii that' public feeling is ventilated upon questions pertaining:' to good government, the better. It -would be as well at" this juncture, however, to warn citizens of the li immense disabilities which imiiigjhit. be .suffered .by tradesmen' and others <by the variation of trade resultant Ifrom, the dhaniging of ;lfe cJay of closing of business. It is true that a number of businesses already close on Saturday afternoons for the purpose, of convenience. That fact does .riot iprove more than a desire ion the ipart of a. certain proportion of 'traldesmen to conform with 'a practice' .which isuits their own particular purpose. By the -same token, had ibbe- majority of tradesmen discovered that Saturday closing was in. the best interests of themselves and the community, they would have reverted to the iSaltui'day hialf-hdiclay years ■back. It is unfortunate, of .course, that the various .sections of the industrial community cannot be at unison in ithe imat/ter of holidays. That is more 1 the fault '<:f itlhe contrivance of public accommodation it.Watn of the fulfilment* of private tasks. It, is sincerely to ibe hoped fiat no steps will Ibe itakem precipitately 'iin; the question of holidays!, but that when, the time ta'rrives for a vote— kf .that time should arrive—.pubic sentiment will not be swayed by .conditions which have not a imafterial hearing upon the discussion. ' " • .