WORKING ON SUNDAY.
THOSE WHO MAY NOT. A man who follows, say, a commercial occupation, such as that of a clerk or an auctioneer, who wishes to make some alterations to his house, carrying- out the work on a Sunday, may do so without let or hindrance as far as the law is concerned. A carpenter, however, is not in the same happy position, because if he were to woi-k on a Sunday he would be following his calling, and would break the law. This peculiar position was referred to in the Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, on Friday, when William Robert Johns was charged with working at his trade on a -Sunday. Johns, it was stated, was a joiner, and on a recent Sunday was seen by a constable to be putting a bay window in his house at Lyall Bay. The Magistrate (Mr. E. Page): “If he had not been a joiner he would not have been prosecuted.” Turning to defendant the magistrate said: “You come back here next Friday and I will tell you my views on the charge.”
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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 118, 28 January 1926, Page 1
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180WORKING ON SUNDAY. Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 118, 28 January 1926, Page 1
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