SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.

Evening Star, Issue 9161, 16 June 1893, Page 2

SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.

TO THE EDITOR; Sljt,—The time is now ripe, ami we,should be up and doing all we can to establish the Saturday half-holiday and make it a permanent success, established and made compulsory by law. It is no use beating about the bush. We shall all have to come to the rescue of those who have been toiling and working hard to bring this movement, to a final issue; we shall all have to play a certain palrt, and combine forces and use our utmost endeavors to bring this noble work to a successful end, so that we may all be able to join hands and say to each other that we have been engaged in a noble work and laid the foundation for the future welfare of the colony and rising generation. I have not the slightest doubt that when Parliament meets they wil' readily conceive that it is their duty as our representatives to at once pass this compulsory measure and make one universal day that will be looked for by old and young, rich and poor—one great day that we can look forward to with joy—as a day of recreation, and, what is more, a day when wives will claim their husbands, and to which the dear little ones will look forward to with joy and pride. lam pleased beyond expression to see the public so staunch and true. They have nobly helped us in this great cauHe. They have played a humane part by absolutely refraining to purchase after one o'clock on Saturday. The public by their actions have spoken. They have shown that they do not wish the shops kept open on Saturday afternoons. Then why should a few persist in trying to upset a noble and humane movement? Times are changing, a great revolution is working, and in a very short space of time we shall find that public opinion will have a voice that must be heard. It is no use people being stubborn and trying to overrule the majority. What the majority want they must have. The minority will simply have to fall in.—lam, etc., P.J.B. Dunedin, June 16.