No Monday Holiday Unless Fixed by Award
Anzac Day Falls on Sunday Anzac Day falls on a Sunday this year, and the question has been raised whether the following Monday will be observed as a holiday. The position is that the Monday will not be a holiday unless it is definitely prescribed as such in an award of the Arbitration Court. An official ruling given by the Labour Department reads as follows : “Under the Anzac Day Act, 1920, as amended in 1921-22, Anzac Day is to be observed throughout New Zealand as if it were a Sunday. Anzac Day this year falls on a Sunday. No provision is made in the statute for the observance of Monday where Anzac Day falls on a Sunday. Several awards of the Court of Arbitration provide for the observance of Monday as a holiday where Anzac Day falls on a Sunday, and in such case this pro . ision must be followed.” In the Public Holidays Act, 1910, there is provision for the Mondayising of certain holidays, but Anzac Day is not included.
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Northland Age, Volume 6, Issue 30, 16 April 1937, Page 3
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178No Monday Holiday Unless Fixed by Award Northland Age, Volume 6, Issue 30, 16 April 1937, Page 3
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