THE HALF-HOLIDAY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 467, 27 March 1909, Page 10

THE HALF-HOLIDAY.

At Thursday's meeting of the New Zcalanl Shopkeepers' Association it was stated by th«. chairman that the poll to bo token in conncc« Hon'with the weekly half-holiday on the last Wednesday in next month would bo a straightout fight between the supporters of Wednesday and Saturday, and, further, that whichevei side won, the day favoured would have to bt, observed by all. This is not quito correct. Sec* tiou 9 of tho Shops and Offices Act says:— (1) Except as hereinafter specially provided, all shops, whether in a separate or a combined district, shall bo olosed on one working day of each week, at the hour of 1 o'clock in'the- afternoon for tho remainder ' of tho day. (2) Such day (hereinafter to bo referred to as the "statutory closing day") shall in every case bo'one and' tho souio working, day in tho same separate or combined district, provided that' in tho event of any " day other than Saturday being appointed" as tho statutory closing day, then any occu- ■ pier shall bo entitled to close his' shop on Saturday in lieu thereof, ou giving to tho inspector during tho month of January in each year, or within one month afler a shop is first opened for business, as tho case may be, notice tof .his desire ,to do so. ....