KING'S BIRTHDAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 86, 31 May 1911, Page 5

KING'S BIRTHDAY.

o ■ OBSERVJXG THE 1IOL! DAY. Sergeant Cullen lias received the following circular from the Chief In •■peetor of the Labour Dopni tmont “in role; mice to the observance o the Sovereign’s Birthday, dune 3rd as there appears to bo some mi,sap prehension in regard to this matter i have to explain as follows for you information “in regard to the Public Holiday; Act: Altuough there was a proposal hia.de that under the Public 'Holiday.' Act certain holidays, including tig Sovereign’s Birthday, should be Mon dayised, this proposal was not carried into effect as far as the Sover cign’s Bi'thclay was concerned. Under the Public Holidays Act the only holidays Mondayiscd are Labour Day. which is to be observed on the fourt.l Monday in October, and Dorninioi Day, which is to be held or. the fourth Monday in September. If (ho Sovereign’s Birthday falls on a Sunday, it must be observed on the following Monday. The same applies tr Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. in which case Boxing Day is to bt hold on Tuesday.

“in the Shops and Offices Act, mi dcr section 19, it will lie soon that none of the holidays mentioned arc compulsory for shops. All , that i: provided therein is that if any shop keeper wishes to do so he imry observe his usual weekly half-holiday on the afternoon of any of the public holi days mentioned in the same week Thus, in the case of the Sovereign’s Birthday, shopkeepers may observe their usual weekly half-holiday on the afternoon of Saturday, .Tune 3rd, instead of on the regular day. “In regard to the Factories Act Under section 35 all females and al boys under eighteen must ho given the Sovereign’s Birthday and the othei holidays mentioned in that section. These holidays must be given in addition to the regular weekly halfholiday (which is on Saturday, unless the day is changed to the day observed by shops under section 36).

“in regard to awards and industrial agreements: The provisions of an;, awards or industrial agreements relating to the Sovereign’s Birthday must, of course, (>e complied with in the parties to same.”