TREATED AS A HOLIDAY
CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT OF ANZAC [Per United Press Association.] HASTINGS, April 26. An appeal to not only tho returned soldiers, but to everyone to observe Anzac Day in its true spirit—that is, as a day of reverence and not a holiday—was made by the mayor, _Mr jVladdison, to members of the Hastings R.S.A. on the occasion of the association’s twenty-first birthday. Mr Maddison pointed out that in certain industrial labour awards provision was being included for observing Anzac Day when it fell on a Sunday on the following day, this being in the nature of a statutory holiday. ‘‘ It says that when provision was made in the Act for the observance of Anzao Day it was made so that it was a Sunday, and was to be observed as a day of reverence and sacredness. It is contrary to tho spirit of Anzac that it should be treated as a holiday, as it would be if included in awards as it is proposed it should be.”
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Evening Star, Issue 22632, 26 April 1937, Page 8
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171TREATED AS A HOLIDAY Evening Star, Issue 22632, 26 April 1937, Page 8
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