CORRESPONDENCE. NEW YEAR’S EVE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 24 December 1927, Page 5

CORRESPONDENCE.

NEW YEAR’S EVE.

(To the Editor). Sir, —In “.Festive Season’s” letter of yesterday's issue the right note is struck, and it indeed behoves someone to try and liven the town on what is flic real New Year’s Eve. As he intimates, a Scot or no one else can hold joyous meetings and shopping parties that can only associate themselves with the spirit of New Year’s Eve — on a day too soon. Rumour has it that one energetic exponent- of shutting up on New Year's Eve lias said, “What have the cockies got to do with Die matter?” But I for one think we should bo considered a little. If we go past MaSterton to do business in Wellington we are styled unpatriotic and presented with a bevy of ads. and letters labelled 8.1. M., and such like. Not enough consideration is shown us at a time when our purchasing power should be appreciated. The holiday for our men is on Saturday, and they, too, as employees, are really the backbone of primary production, and have not the same opportunities as town employees of indulging in sports and entertainments. Surely one evening given to them would not be left unrewarded. I trust more will join the ciowd of shopkeepers who have already labelled their windows, “Open on New Year’s Eve.'I—l 1 —I am, etc., “ONLY A COCK!E.” (To the Editor). ■Sir, —While, doing the town yesterday (Friday) I observed that quite 50 per cent, of the shops are placarded “Open on New Year's Eve.” In the number I counted grocers, drapers, boot-shops, jewellers, tobacconists, bakeries, butchers, fancy goods, stationers, etc., furniture dealers, etc. That gives us all the variety avc need for shopping and when one knows that the confectioners,' fruit-shops and restaurants will also be open there is no need for us to be bustled into coming into town on the Friday night and seeing Dio old year out “on the farm” on Saturday night. , To me it seems immaterial if two or three of the larger shops arc closed down —Die smaller ones have the same quality goods, if not the quantity. So, tally ho! 'say I. Roll up my friends! Gome in on the real New Year’s Eve, Saturday next, do your shopping, stay and hear the old clock chime twelve, and,sing with me “For Auld Lang Syne. ’ ’ —l am, cte., INTERESTED FARMER.