EARLY CLOSING.
To the Editor of the Eveninq Star. Sir, —la reference to a letter on closing, signed “Early Bird,” and which appeared in your paper of the 21st, I would sta'e that whilst agreeing with the sentiments expressed by the writer, he seems to have overlooked one very serious evil ; this evil is the very late hour of closing on Saturday nights. Most of the drapery establishments employ a number of female assistants whose homes are generally in the suburbs. These have to find their way home after ten o’clock entirely unprotected. Such a fact as the above ought to appeal most strongly to the sympathies of every right minded individual in the city. How also can young men jaded with thirteen or fourteen hours toil on the Saturday, be in a proper frame of mind or state of body to enjoy the services of the various Christian churches on the Sabbath. Even if they felt equal to the exertion of going. Surely tiros e Who in the land north of the Tweed manifest so much reverence for the Sabbath will discountenance the late shopping on Saturday nights, which is of no use or prolit to any one, save the lessee of the Dunedin gas works, —I am, &c„ An Ex Draper. Dunedin, Dec. 23rd, 1569,
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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2070, 23 December 1869, Page 2
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217EARLY CLOSING. Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2070, 23 December 1869, Page 2
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