An appeal to wage-earners to co-oper-ate in the abolition of Saturday trading hy routining their shopping lo the firstfive days of the week has been issued by the- Canterbury Trades and Labour Council. The appeal is in I lie form of a circular which is being distributed lo all union members. The circular states that, the Arbitration Court, lias determined, on Ihe weight of evidence, that tin' .shorter working hours cannot he applied in every case. “The employers have said that the volume of business done on Saturday morning is proportionately greater than at. any other pari, of the week.” the circular con Runes. “It- is for all who are interested in the maintenance and general application of Hie. live-day week to remedy this .state of a flairs. Do all your shopping between Monday' and Friday, arid (ho end of Saturday trading is at- hand.” I
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19134, 1 October 1936, Page 3
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