The Evening Star. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1871.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 457, 28 June 1871, Page 2

The Evening Star. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1871.

■ WB;.-yesterdaj,JJ.puhlisHed a sfcate..;merit;Zif the cMe'?in'adeZdut 'bj- the *><^a*ly Closing Association, and of the jcontemplaifed. ZG»ne of, tie S T>H ,, .most interesting, and at. the same ■ time "h6peful, features in this move- -. 'ment-is' the pstrt''takeh^;'support of - I <■. it'ibjt a: number* of the "-employers' of ' shdptoen.; Itfe hot tb he supposed that .... t k % ese»,^ business men, would show « J »auch a zealjinj t th'i's cause ,if the movement could be regarded as in any fprm ; to theinterests of business, r and we ' belieVe that the statement of , y' ,the committee of the association i ■ .true, that if the movement is faithfully carried out, it will wort, as much, to the interest of the employers andj the ' general J public as to the employees., mik W$M asspciatibn is oiofajnot. animnreasonable one ; it is Iqnly. a to the extentof a shortening by two- %™ <jf £he;time during which the "^^saefildn of ]bh>ihess; and that 'only '

in tlio case of those whose closing hour is eight o'clock. . From eight in the morning till six at night should surely be sufficient to supply the business wants of people arising 'in each twentyfour hours, and the more so that there are no special reasons demanding the opening of stores at untimely hours. Jit may be, that when the Waikato railway is completed we may have late trainsj both in arriving and departing ; but- this is a contingency somewhat refcfiote in the absence -o? such special requirements as are thus created, there $JSWJ no yalid reason for withhold-ing-the boon craved by the Association. That boon is now granted by st?,"' t of the principal retail business stores in the town • and the request is made in behalf of those assistants whose employers seem to value more the chances of picking up a few stray pence, barely paying for the gas consumed, than any considerations of what may .be. conducive to the : welfare or comfort of their servants. We sincerely hope that the public will show their appreciation of the conduct of those who show themselves: actuated by motives better than mere money grubbing; and that sympathy will be so practically expressed that we' Shall soon see all the retail establishments closing at six o'clock, and some, little timo afforded for the recreation and mental improvement of ! the liard-worked shop assistants in the city. '