SUNDAY TRADING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 117, 1 April 1862, Page 3

SUNDAY TRADING.

To lite Editor of the Ota go IJAU.r Tiaras. Put, —I was really delighted hist Susidny week on peeing the constable* call on my neighbors, the Arcadians, iiud request them to clo«c tln'iv shops, as no business would be allowed to lie 1 mulcted on that ' day for tbe future. With one or two exceptions we all willingly complied with the demand ; but. in allcominunitiis we and ;i fi:w ravenous sharks, whose jaws are ever open to grab nil. Now, 1 nsk yon, Mr Editor, is it fair that I and others should (like good children) close our shops directly we are told to, mid refuse to serve our customers when they call, and nt the same time see our neighbors' doors left invitingly open, and when agniu cautioned, put on a cnreli'ss scientific jar? Now, 1 {although enjoying the .Jewish faith),consider six days work enough tor any man,' and if I must, keep mj'shop open on Saturdays,*! inn very willing to close Sundays,mid keep one day holy. 'Still, however agreeable I.may be to do so, I don't consider it fair to see my customers go elsewhere and get served under my very nose, because I choose to obey the law; and they will not. "* If these hungry sharks are hooked, Sunday will bo decently observed, but if they are allowed to sell with i impunity, I must, in self defence, follow suit. Trusting the new Sunday trading regulations will be fairly carried out; and apologising for taking up so much of your, valuable space. I am, Sir, yours, &c, Arcadian. Dunedin, March 31st, 1802.