THE HALF-HOLIDAY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11547, 1 April 1903, Page 9

THE HALF-HOLIDAY.

TO TUB EDITOR OF THE PRESS. Sir, —Aa in all probability some slops •will'be taken next session to fix. by legin- • lation, that the half-holiday shall be held on the same afternoon throughout the . colony, it i« highly necessary, in the interest.i of all'parties concerned, and espe- . cklly on the part of the thousands of those- who live by daily wages, that some rteps should bo taken to hold a kind of ' plebiscite of those interested. Thin can be done by holding meetings, at whk'h tho question can l>? discussed, and votes taken. I am rather surprised that the various asso- , ciationa and uniono of workers, have not t«k«i come etepa to- agitate for the day to be fixed being Saturday, an from all I can '.'•'gather in conversation* with many of the workers, I think I am right in saying, that an immense majority of employees, in all tiadbs, would prefer Saturday to any other day in the week. I suppose no one would dispute the proposition that the holiday ehould be fixed upon a day that is most acceptable to the majority," and more especi- . *lly as, in this case, the majority is, of course, an immense one. I would urge, therefore, upon all unions of workers, that they should lose no time in agitating for the Saturday half-holiday.—Yours, etc., "CITIZEN."