THURSDAY’S LICENSING POLL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1962, 8 April 1919, Page 2

THURSDAY’S LICENSING POLL.

CLOSING OE MOTELS. SHOPS ‘ AND FACTORIES.

The La hoar Depart meat ha- issued the following circular to all inspectors of factories:—

‘‘ln reference to the Licensing Pull to be taken on the Übb instant. Section 17 of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1918, provides that Section 123 of the Legislature Act, J9OB, shall apply (o the day on which the Special licensing poll is taken under this Act.

(Section 123 (a) of the Legislature Act provides, in regard to tint closing of shops, that “where the polling day at any election is other than the day appointed as the weekly half-holiday under the Shops and Offices Act, 190 S, the provisions of that Act relating to the weekly half-holiday, shall he deemed to refer to (he polling day in lieu of the day so appointed, and it shall not be necessary for any employer to observe the day so appointed in the week in which thq polling day falls/' “‘{3} It shall not lie necessary lor any factory to close during any working hours on the polling day, hut the occupier of the factory shall afford to each of his employees u reasonable opportunity of recording his vote, and no deduction shall be made from the wages of any such employee in respect of the time occupied in so recording his vote, providing that such time does not exceed one working hour.’ “‘(4) Any occupier of a factory who commits a breach of the last preceding sub-section is liable to a line not exceeding £5 in respect of every employee.’, ”