TWO CLOSED DAYS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11931, 24 January 1936, Page 3

TWO CLOSED DAYS

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY

LATE KING’S FUNERAL; ANNIVERSARY DAY

BUSINESS HOUSES WILL CLOSE

Housewives will have to stock their larders on Monday next to last them over until the following Thursday morning, as all shops will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday— Tuesday for the funeral of King George V. and Wednesday for the anniversary of the province. In respect to Tuesday’s observance a “Gazette” extraordinary was issued containing the following: “His Excellency the Governor-General, having been advise.: o: the lamented death of His Most Gracious Majesty King George V., and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby enjoin as follows upon His Late Majesty’s loving and lamenting subjects in tne Dominion of New Zealand in token of their grief and sorrow for the great loss the Empire has sustained;—

1. All ministers of religion and all congregations are invited on Sunday next, the 26th inst., and also on the day appointed for the funeral of His late Majesty, to hold solemn services of public worship and mourning on behalf of the people of the Domin-

“2. The New Zealand Ensign, with a scarf of crepe attached to the flagstaff Ift. above the flag, shall be displayed at half-mast on all public buildings in the Dominion till sunset each day and until sunset on the day appointed for the funeral. “3. All ships in the various harbours of the Dominion are invited to display their ensigns at half-mast each day until and including the day of the funeral.

“4. All officers of the Government are enjoined to wear mourning until further notified, and all other subjects of His late Majesty are requested to do the same, in such manner as their loyalty and feelings direct.

5, And, generally, until after the day of the funeral, it is enjoined that all festivities of a public nature be suspended, and that on that day all places of business and public entertainment be closed.” Business Houses Close. Anniversary Day, January 29, has always been observed as a close holiday in the Auckland Province, and although there are many awards which specify the day as one ’ for closing, many factories’ industrial awards do not include the day in their lists of compulsory holidays. Employers in the main close down their factories and business premises. The local retail premises will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Tuesday will also be observed as a closed day generally by all businesses, but on Wednesday, as stated above, only those businesses or trades whose awards make special provision for Anniversary Day are compelled to close.

Local bakers will not bake on either Tuesday or Wednesday. Memorial Services. In accordance with the request made in the Gazette notice, special services will be held in all the churches both on Sunday next and on Tuesday. The hour at which the services on Tuesday will be held has not yet been announced. There will be a combined memorial service on Tuesday next, the time and place of which will be duly announced.