SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 30 April 1913, Page 8

SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.

To the Editor. a'f ir '7^ L \ am;^ st°rekeeper,: and want Saturday halMibhday. as" '1 -know, from, ■ experience:that.it*is'thirbestTtfiiy Ififijn. ■from a hbliday .x^i'misTaf&k^polnt'ot' ew- Tradeiincreased all the time that ; we had, the Saturday half-holiday. f^Sftl&'Jffl 6-.%uros^iri black; and white iiS^^^^nnot-.-get #way from facts. T sW|jnj!u^thtft. : it^dmaed-V trade : ''nibre'' thirpjaeh, thefweelc instead of a rush on Saturday, and icusfcomers got better served,; My assistants and myself enjoyed our holiday because we had from , 1 o.clock Saturday to 8 o'clock Monday morning. People did not'eat any: lessor wear any less- clothes, because we closed .on. a Saturday. In fact I think ,we ate more because we were often away f O r*?Ai>t>tiri"g arid fishing parties; boating picnics, and came back,to work on Monday morning feeling fit' For the week's work. Ask those "-who are enjoymg the Saturday half-holiday now, ¥ they would like d have ThS day , ns tead, and I don't think'you' would get one. \l there is 'sucif a'great trade done on Saturday the lawyers, dentists, wholesale warehouses, sash .and .door.:iactories, etc keep open and reap some of the trade. S they they know that J the weekdavl are v the .best days for business, an? like' their Saturday half-holiday. WaniX' mn is-an' up-to-date town, and us

EMPLOYER