THE HOLIDAY QUESTION.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 139, 14 December 1887, Page 3

THE HOLIDAY QUESTION.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —As the Post and Telegraph Offices wi’l be closed on Monday and Tuesday, tho 26th and 27th inst., and also the Banks and all private offices, wo, ’d it not be a graceful act on the pai„ of shopkeepers to also close for the two days, thus giv' ig all conoei-ied au to onjov a real holiday. If tho shops closed .l, with others in a siir”ar capacity, cor’d take a trip across the Straits for a couple of days, because there are bond to be steamboat excursions ; probably one of them will leave here late on Satnday night or early on Sunday moi. ’ng, returning again on Tuesday i : ght. Such an opportunity for enjoying a holiday seldomoccvre, and if the shopkeepers would only r lito :' i closing on Tuesday they world, I am sure, loose noting, and, on the other hand, I am arc they w'or'd do no business if they kept open, because when the Banks and pufc’ : c offices are clc ;ed, and also all private offices, there will scarcely be anybody about tho streets. I hope the other assistants will take up this question, and so lay the matter before our employers that they v ”1 grant the request of yorre, etc., J.B. Blenheim, December 13.