SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.
(Par PriteS Assdclallon.) .-. '.AueKiiANi);- ia_.t. night,.; The opiniofifc ; <t.f Vtfadbiinien are divided regarding tHe_iilo_Jiflj^df 5 4hops on Saturday night, wHich. .caij_«ninto \ force last night for tiiefifst tifae. Some- are quite satisfied vi^iw'rtlier, »ew r .but others— jnnallv. Il bttei_i«S-t i %en J |_3pfecia%— think differehily. All are agreed that the first lat© Friday; wis. "not a. success, but bad .1 *(_^lier_:,|y6y^^ iu-idj it .is held that this. .may T^ye:j^d sorfje" effect > ' (s_SlSTGJlrtfMlJji [fi&kt ;h_£__t.< ..Yesterday the &hop : ''assistants m Christchurch and district! m ihe vicinity.;! of t>he city experienced the bleaiure of . m ceasing work -for the day at I' o'clock, | 'as a result -of t_hp\!re^ent p^E.: fixing Saturday as the day) 6n ..which the week- 1 ly half holiday is to ,lse. observed. Very.j fine weather prevailed, anti.Vthe various^ attractions provided /m the shape of j football and hockey games .Jtrere. wellpatronised. The effect of 4he change in] tjta.&ay of the, lwJ£_hoU!d%y v was fully j apparent m "the streefs darfiig' the after- 1 noon-. As a rule on- Saturday afternoons the,, streets, of the city are thronged by \ people ...parading 1 up and down. YjesEer- 1 day; they .wore a- «omparatrvely ' deserted appearance. AJI the : shops, Of ' course, j were closed, and there w&gj really nothv ing feo., keep people m .town. Even thei hotels were- poorly patronised. - In themorning, on the other hand, the City j appeared te< be unusually busy 'and ani-j mated. It. wad . the last opportunity for shopping before the week, end, and retail j .establishments were kept going, at top , speed .to" satisfy the aemahdß of cus- j toihers/ Between, '12 o'clock and 1 -', o'clock' was an •: eSeeptionally . busy ' * period/.. and many, of^ithe shops were ! positively rushed diprmg this : interval. ! y There were b^ rn^Oihe streets' ' 0n... __&turttay rkg_ii. ; ■'■ '- . { t •'' -■•, |
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13102, 16 June 1913, Page 8
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299SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13102, 16 June 1913, Page 8
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