SHOPS AND OFFICES ACT
EFFECTS OF 6 O’CLOCK CLOSING PROTEST FROM DUNEDIN By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, January 16. A meeting of small storekeepers was held here on Saturday afternoon to discuss the amending clauses to the Shops and Offices Act compelling stores to close at 6 p.m. A petition was brought, forward and extensively signed, protesting against the Act. Various speakers pointed out the hardship to returned soldiers, widows, and others who are keeping small stores, particularly in the suburbs, seaside resorts, etc., where the bulk of business was transacted after 6 o’clock.
A strong protest, was also made against business being rushed through Parliament in the closing hours of the session without 'members, or the public, being alive to. what was going on.
Eventually, it was decided to set up a committee to confer with members of Parliament, with a view of securing their co-operation.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 96, 17 January 1921, Page 4
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146SHOPS AND OFFICES ACT Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 96, 17 January 1921, Page 4
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