“CHANGE-ANZAC DAY"

Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1930, Page 11

“CHANGE-ANZAC DAY"

■? NEAREST SUNDAY SOUGHT. . MANUFACTURERS’ PROPOSAL. “Change the observance of Anzac Day. to the Sunday nearest the actual date.” This attitude to the question of the date for Anzac Day was defined by the Auckland Manufacturers’ Association at a - meeting on Tuesday afternoon, when a. resolution to the effect was carried on the motion of Mr. G. Mills Palmer. ‘■'We might very well support the suggestion,” remarked the president of the association, Mr. George Finn, when a communication, from the New Zealand ■Manufacturers’ Federation was received on the question. One speaker said the practice of holding Anzac Day on April 25, a date falling, mostly o)i week days, had been “wished on the community.” He declared • that public sentiment actually was opposed to the practice and Sunday would be.generally preferred as the day of observance.

“Most returned soldiers are opposed to the practice, too,” said Mr. Mills P,aimer. “Only, a few officials of the lieturned- Soldiers’ -Association desii'e ‘to retain the present order and are bound to adhere to their opinion at .all costs. Labour and the general public would support a change.” Otlier?;4pcakers remarked on the iuterferfinijo. business . arrangements caused'by!.present system and tli» josses i'ri jkrnjhgs,..iu some eases. -to em--v- . .