WEEKLY HALF-HOLIDAY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 31 January 1912, Page 8

WEEKLY HALF-HOLIDAY.

Bt TELEGRAPH—PEESS ASSOCIATION.

AUCKLAND, Jan. 30. . The adjourned meeting of the conference and delegates from local bodies, to ■discuss the question of the day for the weekly half-holiday, was held to-day. From the various petitions before the meeting it was shown that 304 master shopkeepers and 1761 shop assistants asked for Saturday half-holiday, and that 838 master shopkeepers asked for the Wednesday half-holiday. After heaving1'two speakers from each side, it was resolved, by a majority vote of the delegates, to adhere to Wednesday.