EXPENSIVE HOLIDAY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22608, 22 December 1936, Page 10

EXPENSIVE HOLIDAY

KING'S BIRTHDAY DATE INTERFERENCE WITH TRADE [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHUECH, Monday A proposal that various bodies of employers in the Dominion should make representations to the Government to have the King's Birthday observed on a day earlier in the year than December 14, was mado at a meeting of the Finance Committee of the Canterbury ■ Manufacturers' Association. It was reported that the observance of the holiday on December 16 had given industry a severe setback, and had cost employers many hundreds of pounds through payment for the day, and inability to fill orders. Instances were given of £2OO and £IOO being lost by two firms. In ono case it was alleged that £7OO had been the cost of the holiday Mr. T. Hyde, secretary of the association, said to-day that the problem had given rise to discussion among manufacturers, and it was shown that the cost to industry was enormous. Tho cost of the holiday had not been anticipated. He hoped that arrangements could be made for earlier observance of tho holiday in future, so that the losses and disruption of Christmas trade would not recur.