PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
, IMPORTANT ALTERATIONS SUG- : GESTED. ; THE MONDAY PRINCIPLE. 1 (From Our Special Correspondent). WELLINGTON, Friday. ' The Commerce Committee o£ the • House of Representatives has considered : the Public Holidays Bill (Sir Joseph . Ward) and recommends that the third I schedule of the Banking Act be amended--(A) by repealingthercfe.-F.iice to j the Prince of Wales' Birthday, and substituting therefor Em- : pire Day, which is the 3rd of 1 June. The 26th September (Dominion Day) is added to the clause. There is a provision in , the Bill that Bank holidays falli ing on a day other than a Monday shall be observed as a close t bank holiday on the following 1 Monday. If the said following Monday is also a Bank holiday t within the meaning of the Act then the next following day which is not a bank holiday shall J also be observed as a bank holi--1 day. Under the Act a new clause is added i making the following Monday principle apply in regard to the King's Birthday, 1 Dominion Day, and the Prince of Wales' Birthday, provided for in awards or in- > dustrial agreements. Empire Day in , these awards is to be deemed the 3rd of June, and not the 24th of May. I =====
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 11 September 1908, Page 2
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