MAY DAY HOLIDAY
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"There is a rumour that New Zealand’s delegates to the International Labour Conference at Geneva have been asked to ascertain the prospects of having May Day made a universal holiday,” said Mr. S. G. Smith (Opposition. New Plymouth), during consideration of the Estimates in the House of Representatives yesterday. Mr. Smith said he nad heard it stat ed that in future agreements between the Minister of Public Works and the New Zealand Workers' Union an ef fort would be made to have May Day included as a statutory holiday. It had been suggested that the matter was being held in abeyance until some agreement had been reached at Geneva The Prime Minister, Rt. lion M. .1 Savage, said it was the first he had heard of it. Delegates were not sent to Geneva with instructions about May Day.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 278, 20 August 1938, Page 12
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144MAY DAY HOLIDAY Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 278, 20 August 1938, Page 12
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