CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL.
TUESDAY A DAY OFF.
SPECIAL BILL NECESSARY. [BT TELKGRArH. —SPECIAL REPORTER.] WELLINGTON. Thursday. Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this year and many peoplo have been anxious to ascertain what holidays the Government intends shall be observed. Mr. T. D. Burnett (Temuka) asked the Prime Minister to-day what had been decided.
Mr. Massey replied that the Government intended to bring down a short Bill which would not alter the date for the observance of Christmas Day, but which would make the Tuesday a general holiday. Monday being Boxing Day and Tuesday a general holiday, the public would not lose any holiday it usually enjoyed at Christmas.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17942, 18 November 1921, Page 4
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