THREE DAYS' HOLIDAY
OTAHUHU WORKSHOP MEN. (Press Assn.) AUCKLAND, May 8. A decision not to return to work until next Monday was reached by the staff of the Otahuhu Railway Workshops at a lunch hour meeting. In accordance with tlie statement of tlie Acting-Prime Minister (Mr Nash) the men were to have had Wednesday and Thursday as holidays in celebration of the European victory, but a ballot held at today's meetin<!; decided by an overwhelming majority that the staff would also observe Friday as a holiday. The staff do not work on Saturday. The men celebrated the European victory at the meeting, at which the workshops band was in attendance and played selections. '. .-
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 135, 9 May 1945, Page 4
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113THREE DAYS' HOLIDAY Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 135, 9 May 1945, Page 4
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