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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 73, 29 April 1929, Page 10

XS . ■ ' " . 1 ' ...rr . ===== , — — — - . , ■ . — . - . , , ■„ 'Aw.vivww«v«w» ^ (i l iyr a TDT"P"R I l lil J\± J.i!ufj { I WEDNESDAY HALF-HOLIDAY | ( LEAGUE | i ~ — — — — ~ — - jj THE SOLIDARITY OF THE ABOVE IS PROVED BY THE FOLLOWING FACTS : 5 5 FIRSTLY there are 121 bona fide and interested retailers in Napier i ? actively engaged in the securing of a victory for Napier on ? •j WEDNESDAY, the 1st MAY, and that these retailers are the ;i 5 backbone of the General Traders of Napier. > SECONDLY, the sterling effort of these Napier Traders to protect the £ | trade of ali Napier, is no less ardently supported by 1413 citizens S | of Napier, who, to save the prosperity of the town, voluntarily » S S signed the Petition, thus enabling a poll to be taken. ' S \ THIRDLY, the strength of this co-operative effort for the PROGRESS of J 5 NAPIER, and all that this rneans, is supported by an ever £ 5 increasing strength of public opinion in Napier, representing our £ j working men and women, lawyers, bankers, commercial men and i f others. It is therefore our duty and privilege to call your ' § i attention to the following slogan. £ [ "Napier Leads for Napier's Needs" £ EVERY ELECTOR over 21 years of age (whose name is on the roll) is £ jl entitled to vote on this issue, and we respectfully ask you to i- :■ vote for— $ | Wednesday Half-Holiday I 5 ' ' V.V.V.VA'.V.V.V.V.V. ■.VAV.V.V.V.V.-.V.V.-. V.V.-.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.-. ■.■.V.V.V.V.V.'.V.V„-.V.,.V.".V.V.".V.V.V.V.V.V.V; A l 3 ■: * * £ $ 5 because because s | s £ (1) the closing of shops at 12.30 on satur- £ (8) with the contemplated change from 5 5 £ £ days turns trade away . £ saturday to wednesday at napier and >1 £ :■ :■ RrrAIISF £ >' waipukurau, hawke's bay will have "■ £ ■i (2) loss of trade means more unemployment. a universal half-holiday. \ I; £ $ BECAUSE >. BECAUSE |i £ f 4 (3) loss of trade means the lowering of £ \ (9) there are now 18 towns in the north £ £ £ £ the value of every building and sec- £ island which enjoy the mid-week half. > 5 v £ tion in napier. !■ £ holiday- •' v t 5 because '} $ because { | £ ™l towns which offer the best shop- !• (10) the makino or marring of a town is in £ £ j £™^£d£!l,ties are the 0nes which make j j, the hands of its citizens. if trade is ^ £ j progress. ^ driven away by any cause it is the duty £ I; ? BECAUSE ■: 0f the citizens to find that cause and p > £ £ (5) a vote for wednesday is a vote for £ £ wipe it out. , 5 5 £ £ napier— a vote for saturday is a vote £ £ BECAUSE £ £ £ i? for hastings. £ ( 1 1) stagnation of trade is not general. v s 5 £ BECAUSF £ the following figures support this 'I £ £ £ (6) the surrounding districts are entitled £ £ statement: palmerston north with j £ £ £ to a market day, and no other day is f wednesday half-holiday has increased > £ 5 £ more suitable for them than saturday. a a :561 in population since 1922; while j, 5 a nvntnw £*wwwvww> napier-s increase is only 1554 for the £ £ a a BLC AU ; E " -r,w" same period. 5 ■: 5 f (7) the damage of saturday half-holiday .v.v.vw.-.v;, »rer 5 A i is shown by palmerston north, marton, a ■! t>til,AUaE- ? j ' p feilding, eketahuna, otaki, waitara, te p (12) napier has experimented for 10 years (to !• p ^ ■! aroha, thames, and rotorua, all hav- j. ■! its colossal detriment) with saturday a 5 p £ ing changed from saturday to wednes- £ 'a closing. get back to prosperity and p £ 5 day half-holiday since 1917. i« 5 progress for your good old town. £ 5 t ! i t $ t V^.V«V«V.V.V.V.".V".V. '.VAV.V.V.V.V.V.V.V. ".V.V.WAV.V.%WAWA% V.-.V.'.SV.'.VV.V.V.V.V ■.V.V.V.V.".V.V«".V.".V.V.V.V.V.V.VV.%VV//A ■■ i i I We are in Favour of a Universal Half-Holiday I i VOTE! VOTE!! VOTB!! SOUDLY FOR i 1 WEDNESDAY HALF-HOLIDAY f J !■ notf the headquarters of the wednesday half holiday league is in tennyson street (next to cox's, ltd.) .• 5 phone 3901 for all information on election day. • h ? . s y^.V,y//,V/A"sV«V,V« H.VnV,V.V.V,V.V,V.VV« VA'.WWA'WBVW, VW.WVV.'.W/.VV.S VB'.VW.'W.Vi'A'AVA VAViVWWiVA'^