OBSERVANCE OF ANZAC DAY

Southland Times, Issue 23179, 21 April 1937, Page 5

OBSERVANCE OF ANZAC DAY

EMBARRASSMENT TO EMPLOYERS (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, April 20. When the awards covering . female workers in the various clothing and millinery trades were framed the possibility of Anzac Day being observed on a Sunday was apparently overlooked and a clause was allowed to creep in which is likely to prove embarrassing to employers. This stipulates that where Anzac Day falls on a Sunday the holiday shall be observed on the following Monday. Provision is also made for the payment of double time on any holidays which are stipulated in the awards relating to Northern (females only), Wellington, Canterbury, Otago and Southland clothing trades employees, dress makers and milliners, shirt, white and silk workers’ awards. Some Auckland employers are not content to accept the position that the award overrides the Anzac Day Act. DISCUSSION BY DUNEDIN R.S.A. (United Press Association) DUNEDIN, April 20. The advisability of observing Anzac Day on the nearest Sunday to April 25 created a long discussion at the annual meeting of the Returned Soldiers’ Association and finally a motion to this effect was heavily defeated. It was stated that the provision in some awards for the observance of the day on the Monday when it fell on a Sunday was the thin edge of the wedge to create a changed attitude towards the day and a resolution was passed to take exception to such a provision in awards.