The Evening Star. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1871.
On the flagging on the footway all over the city there appears to-day, " Don't shop after six." The mute appeal to the public, which seemingy made its appearance during the night, emanates probably from the assi&iants in the various stores of the city, and is such as should really receive tHe sympathy of the people. Early closing cannot possibly be any injury to trade, if all shops close early; and the best means for preventing selling after six o'clock is for no one to buy. Where a desire is thus expressed by a class of young ■ men and young ladies, who have really long and weary hours, it shows very little indeed of the milk of human kindness in anyone to decline to listen to the appeal. The greater part of the employers are not only willing, but anxious, to relieve their assistants from over hours, and to throw a little sunshine in upon their monotonous . existence, but there are some nigger-drivers in the city who have no room in their souls for sympathy or any nobler motive than money-grubbing. On such public prsssure should be' brought to bear in the only way in which it can reach their sensibilities—that is through the pocket. An instance has occurred in a sister colony which would well bear repetition in Auckland. A selfish and stubborn storekeeper who affected to disregard the Avishes of his brethren and scorned pressure, was met by a movement, not for influencing the public to refrain from shopping after six, but from shopping at all with those who continued to squeeze the life-blood out of their assistants. The movement took the public sympathy, and the man had to choose between ruin and early closing. If necessary, we should certainly recommend those interested in early closing in Auckland—if such a course is found necessary —to go and do likewise. We do not doubt that a large section of the public would sympathise, and we shall be.happy to afford what aid we can. •
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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 406, 29 April 1871, Page 2
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340The Evening Star. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1871. Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 406, 29 April 1871, Page 2
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