OH WHICH DAY ?

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10883, 25 April 1921, Page 4

OH WHICH DAY ?

HALF HOLIDAY QUESTION. THE PROBLEM IN WAIRARAPA. (By Telegraph—Special to “Times.”) aLaSTER/TON, April 34. The Saturday half-holiday question crapped up at a meeting of tho Farmers 1 Union at Masterton on Saturday afternoon, as the result* of a request by Mr William Perry that he he allowed to make an explanation in connection with some remarks made on the half-holiday question by him at a meeting of the general committee of tbo Masterton A.' and P. Association on the previous Saturday afternoon, and a report of which had been forwarded by your correspondent. Mr Perry stated that when he had made his remarks at the A. and PAssociation meerting he was not aware of the very high feeling that existed in Masterton on the halt-holiday question. Had he been more conversant with the feeling in Masterton he would have given more thought to the question of whether the A. and P. Association was right in .taking the matter 1 up. Air Perry said that he was quite prepared to admit that a mistake had been made, and that he should have waited until the meeting had dissolved before bringing the matter of .the halfholiday forward. . Air Hugh Morrison (chairman <rf the Farmers’ Union) : As far as _I am concerned I am in favour of _ letting the townspeople attend to their own affairs. The question of whether Masterton should have a Saturday or Thursday half-holiday is a matter for the people in the borough to decide on, and the farmers should leave it at that and not enter into the controversy. Air Morrison said that farm employees would undoubtedly be affected by the Saturday half-holiday, but, as far as the farmers were concerned, tbo latter could do their shopping OKI alj other day in- the week. The mstM then dropped.