SATURDAY HALF-DAY
TARANAKI PETITION
'By Telesraphi—Press Association.) '■"'.IJEW PLYMOUTH, September 15. A move to institute a Saturday halfholiday in all towns in Taranaki was made tonight when a petition was sent to Parliament asking for official determination of the half-day.
Some towns, including . Hawera, Patea, Opunake, and Manaia, have already made the change to Saturday. The problem may be settled by Order in Council if the Government is satisfied the great'majority c£ people desire the change. ,
New Plymouth has had a Saturday holiday for many years and the varying days on which the holiday has been observed throughout the district have beep confusing to business and sport.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 67, 16 September 1936, Page 8
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