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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 101, 29 April 1913, Page 9

FELLOW CITIZENS! VOTE FOR SATURDAY For many, many years shops used to be. open every nrghi;ln the week and on Saturday till midnight—no half ceaseless round of toil. Saturday night shopping may be an institution, it may be yoof birthright, so was slavery, so was the pressgang, but now tbe world is more humane, is growing more unselfish, and now- not at the whim of a few—but at the earnest request of thousands of shop keepers and shop assistants we plead with you to Vote for Saturday Half Holiday. We cordially agree with the few who are opposing this reform that there is a "general holiday feeling inthe airparticular to Saturday night," and we claim that the shop keeper and shop assistant should be liberated to enjoy it, therefore Vote *or } Saturday Half Holiday. Saturday Half Holiday does not mean tainted meat, milk, fraitor-vege^^ Saturday Half Holiday does not mean being served in darknessorin scrambles; in place of Saturday afternoon there will be Wednesday - for shopprng; in place of Saturday night there wiil be Friday night— where is the .argument? . J '.v. -w...^/-^ Universal Saturday Half Holiday '■ '■ -~.'"-...■■_ . vt __ __ ...-. . ~'-..;-.,•_.-' -„"■ _■■ ..." -7 _ ". means that one un progressive, selfish shop keeper cannot prevent many others from closing on Saturday, a& is the case at present j^ Saturday Half Holiday ... __,'. 7: ..'■.. ..' .i. -. . . _..^., 1 "" '.--- . . will not close up a large number of business places, nor wUI it create monopolies. How can it? Why should it? Saturday Half Holiday means that shop will still work th without inconvenience to the public, but with air the and undoubted advantages bf being able tpe^ of people the inestimable boon of the the-week holiday^ Saturday Half Holiday will not increase the cost of living. How can it? Why should it? Saturday Half Holiday is your Birthright. We ask you to share it with us. We should dearly like to have full and authentic news from "other towns who have tried the experiment and have paid dearly fpr their experience." Where is the towns ? IS'&^' . . . -\s'•".'"''"v • i "' r -"--' " r ■' . "—-. -~"-' '»■•;•; ... ;. 7. .../.. ■■• ' - , — - • ,-.... ...'-.-.-•.. '~ . . ' .- - •■:. ■;;-.-'-"'" Vote fop Mm^