ELTHAM.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Hl'jT A USERS' MEETING. A special meeting ‘*l" retail >bopkeepei >• wtts lie'll in tlie Ekli.un C. K.jL.S. room last evening tor tno purpose of fixing the Easter holiday-. !.jie meeting was called under tno auspices ol -tiie Chamber ot t onuneree, an«i tiie president (All. i. J. Briuger) !>i eddied. I’here was a good attendance of membeis. A motion that the shops remain open •m .Sas'i.ar i?atiudui was defeated, alter which a resolution that the business premises close on .Raster Saturday was carried by a large majority. * The ptesidemt. in opening the matter lor ctiscus-ion. stated that it was impossible to come to an understanding With Stratford, lor that town did not have a responsible body who could speak lor the shopkeepers. He understood that Ha,we to had decided to close on Easter Saturday. lie hoped that the decision, whichever way it went, would he a unanimous one. as the shopkeepers had been working together very well during recent years, ami it was essential that this condition should continue.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 February 1925, Page 8
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174ELTHAM. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 February 1925, Page 8
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