GROCER'S HOURS-A DEPUTATION
THE CHINESE ATTITUDE. A number of city grocers w> : '-d on the City Council Inst nigbt to w what had been done in respect of ILi-ij , petition, made to the council somo time ago, to have definite hours of closing fixed for grocers. The hours suggested wero 6 p,m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Fridny; 1 p.m. on Wednesday, except in a week when there is a public holiday, when it should be 6 p.m.; and 10 p.m. on Saturday; and 10 p.m. on days preceding publie holidays. A counter petition signrd by 52 Chine&2 had been presented to the council. Mr. John Cameron, who was the grocers' spokesman last nigbt, said that only five of these Chinese, wero naturalised. The Mayor told the deputation that tho subject was a puzzling one. He did not know how many people wished to withdraw, but he would find out. Mr. Cameron's statement as to the five Chinese, if true, threw new light on the matter. It would, 1» looked into. Subsequently the council referred the matter to t'ue By-laws Committee to report.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1215, 25 August 1911, Page 2
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183GROCER'S HOURS-A DEPUTATION Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1215, 25 August 1911, Page 2
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