EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS.
APPLICATIONS POE EXEMPTION.
(VEESS ASSOCIATION* TELEGRAM.)
AVELLIXGTOX, April 1
The first application undor fho amendment t>f last session shopkeepers employing no assistant other than a,. member of tlio family to seek exemption from the operation of tho early closing law on the ground of hardship cairie before the .Magistrate's.Conrt today, Uhe applicants being n furnishing, storekeeper, a second-hand dealer, and •» grocer. In two cases t|ic applicant-! each carried oil business in o suburban portion of the city, mid claimed that. it was not until after C p.m. that wo*>t> of their business was donv. Tho chiej point at issuo in tll,e casts was, however, What the hours of closing wen> governed by a requisition Mgneu by •» majority of shopkeepers in the particular trade. The applications or tho furnituro trader and the !*cond-han<l dealer were refused, and the other application was withdrawn. The Magistrate said the' application!, must com» outsido of cases Art'icro the hours urn fixed by requisition.-
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19210402.2.43
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17109, 2 April 1921, Page 8
Word count
Tapeke kupu
162EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS. Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17109, 2 April 1921, Page 8
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in