CHEMISTS' SHOP HOURS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 334, 20 April 1928, Page 1

CHEMISTS' SHOP HOURS

PUBLIC FEARS ALLAYED POSITION MADE CLEARER To allay the misapprehension and uncertainty which exists in some districts as a result of the proposed requisition restricting the Sunday business hours of chemists’ shops, the Labour Department has issued a statement. An impression has gone abroad that the only shop where medicines may in future he continuously obtained ou Sundays is the “all-night” dispensary at the top of Symonds Street. Residents of outlying parts, particularly those of the North Shore, have expressed concern that they would have to journey*long distances to obtain medicines. “The effect of the proposed requisi tion is that all chemists’ shops, except the Symonds Street dispensary, will be required to close at 7 a.m. on Sundays,” states the department. “But, notwithstanding the requisition, any chemist who carries on business at a distance of 2J miles from the Symonds Street shop is permitted to sell urgent medicines at any time ol: the day or night. The distance is to be measured by the nearest route as may be determined by the department. Outside that radius, however, chemists may not throw their premises open to the public, but may admit persons whose cases are urgent, the doors then to be closed. ’