ANZAC DAY
WILL MONDAY BE A HOLIDAY? (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, March 18. Anzac Day falls on a Sunday this year, and the question has been raised whether the following Monday will bq observed as a holiday. The position is that Monday will not be a holiday unless definitely prescribed as such in the award. The Arbitration Court’s official ruling, as given by the Labour Department, reads:—“Under the Anzac Day Act 1920, and as amended in 1931-32, Anzac Day is to be observed through-; out New Zealand as if it were a Sunday.” Anzac Day this year falls on a Sunday. No provision is made in the Statute for the observance of Monday where Anzac Day falls on a Sunday. Several awards of the. Arbitration Court provide for the observance of Monday as a holiday where Anzac Day falls on a Sunday and, in such a case, this provision must be followed. In the Public Holidays Act there is provision for observing certain holidays on Monday when they fall on Sunday, but Anzac Day is not included.
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Southland Times, Issue 23152, 19 March 1937, Page 4
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177ANZAC DAY Southland Times, Issue 23152, 19 March 1937, Page 4
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