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EASTER OBSERVANCE BRITISH WAR PLANTS (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, April 9. The Marquess of Salisbury, in the House of Lords, asked whether the attention of the Government had been .'ailed to the anxiety felt by a large section of opinion in the country as to the suggested want of observance of Good Friday. It was necessary in the "kigency of war that work on munitions should not be interrupted on that day. He asked how far the Government desired this change in practice should be applied not only to those working on munitions but generally throughout the country. This was not a time when religious observances should be treated with disregard.
Lord Moyne, the Leader of the House, replied that the Government had found that Good Friday and Easter Monday could not both be available as holidays as it would mean a slackening of the war effort. He thought there were very good reasons on industrial grounds to choose Monday as the holiday. The Government had in mind the danger
of industrial fatigue. It was not inended that all employers should be bound, without exception, to keep their works open on Friday, but they vould realise the work of production must come first.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20527, 10 April 1941, Page 7
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