CORRASPONDENCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 240, 4 February 1888, Page 2

CORRASPONDENCE.

ijtuliv -to ct'^iirtistmcos is the Editor ivsl>"iisil)!o i'"r the vi tttcr oonttindil in uoiTjspo'ulonee.

B VKfiY <JLOSIN*a OF SHOPS.

(To Tub Kmrv>:t.) Si i, —fa ronlm.? u\er t!ia -Vivid md ritar t f• v ovoiiiu'' <U", I n >ti(.vil i!)r.< tiH >f ll < .jt)A'K i '\l mil dc •e,).iisli id petitioned pir'i.uu .Mit I'm* .m ainid^a mMtt of -hop •our. ; lion wiiiv-h [ in Tarred t'ie,y waro Irviii, t> iullu.ii;' t ! » ' Grov >rniM. m t to { illu v Mr .Knc: to iiitr>.l.u;j i i i -i '"Shop II »w* 111'!/' "'" uotti* • It i I been •;iv >n. Mlt <\hi-h wi-hoinj: ur.> v«l -d out ! iv (i iv 'in nt • t .111 1 other m '.hiirot. By MMir |> "i ini->i >v ; >lr \\ lit t, [ would )i';j 1. 1 mi t ko ) f• a KMtiiik' <mi the matter of i'.iiln i-loMiir. It w.i< wit!- consul M.ihU stn-j>i;»' mi din ,imv,i! hero a few we "ks i^--, t> !i:i'l in.ii ilu siiKpvo p'r-. of Te Aro'ii h tvt ma Ie i new an. l —whit I eon■>i Lm — I'oo'i-li departure in the Him for closing t'lt'if slims, viz, exr.y.i'lini; tho liom-% from Gpm to ',) -v [ ) (> ( > ni. An I [ in.ix lum*) M.ita t i.it tiiis i.s th .- lir^t co'intry t»»\vn-iii t ) tli it 1 h.n'ii \> en in \v icmm sto.'ok«f|iii'. iiad il n:Cf'>f»niy fur too w^'U-iro <>i tli. ii hu-sin-j-?s to ku.;,) t\) mi until t.'pit iiinir lV r\ eVvjiiiM ; ; ;m t I can lot liulp tiihiktn^ lli.it it i.s the .'iilnlrary- or^ulia!! -!|)iiit, ol >oiuj uau <ii" two in iivi In.iis — • lat'i'e/ l!i .n tiio l-<mi\ ictio i ol" n.-ot'S^-ty winch compuh ail to .ido,it t'l.) s.tui> (in.i<-i|»!ti of lac c'o-iM^. I'lu -?v-fc ,*ui h allo^.'t'ier n umo.'ssiry .nrl n.i.vii 1 , iup>in;• a^ it I iv. I^, i Im.'d -u on in iiv whi«;'i i-i 1 'vous t>) (>,> i> M"ii j ; aid it h w'Va Ljviiin^-* ot' hiitisfaotion tliiit [ li.u'l t'u att^Mipt at" loi;is!ati.»h on this iu^virtisit nuiUer. 1 (Mil imi;i.m khiiij ap'.Mit -uppoiter oL" tlia sy tiiiii a\iu^, " Wel 1 , but J •do nesiily all ui\ ln^iiuss after tei. " Yes ! ,in 1 why so? Simply but*an33 you have educated the p^nple t > put off llm'r sliop piniy until th.it (iiiivi of the day. If .ill closed at proper hours people \v mid wns in the day time, .in I thdshoplc *ep<M' would 1)0 fully einployeil when he is n">w idle, <\n<l enj jyiu^; hi^ leisure when he is now workiny,-. Tlits piimsiplo of late shop.iinjjf is pet'nicioii-. fur the following reasons, (i.) Bv'cause it is an enumn i^oni jut to laziness — and indifference to the welfare of others — on the put of t ios.3 who permit ia putting 1 off 1 1 1 - i .-* sboppiu«r until evening. ("2). It k injeriom to the liciltt, uud liuf.piiioss of t.ie st .lekeepcr and his I'.nnily. (3). because it deprives them oi: thnu lor reel e:v(io;i and mv i.tl enjoyment, also nl" meutil and mor.ii iniprov^auMit, should he be thatwu\ inclined. <4). It puts an .ii"!>itrary power into tli > h ,nd<nf a wry >iMiill iniuwnty b.it'i of storekeepers and the public — tho^o who re fd -c to come t»<i hiiittiu! • t mv.t'tu* > nt t<» «'lo-e ear is) 11 , .mm. l lluise who refuse to cmn joul eailiertomake their ptirohastsa. (o). It undoubtedly as ,i>t< inthi'^iowiimanduurtnnii" of'l irrikinisui,' and iiuiuor.iiity amon^>t our _\<nitlis and iu.tideno, »No brin^itii;- into the stlvuH at ni.^ht younn 1 cltiidreu who t»»t!ier ou^ht t> he in bed or mbler pi rental homo influence. 1 have prepared nutter discussing these propositions seriatum, but as my letter would take up too much wpace in your valuable paper, I will defer it until nnother time ; in tho meantime liopin^ the Ht'>rekeepiM\s will come to some reasonable agreement to close their stores at rdspeettble hours, and no longer degrade an honourable calling into i-emi-talavery.— l am et^-., Anti Long Houus, To Arolm, Peeeiuber 22nd 1887[HiO writer of the above U'tt'plwving neglected to f-'urmsh u-. wit'i his r<ja! nuind and *idil)'e» , until a few dayn jjiiu'e, will iieeouut for its l»i»il»4 pub ished 80 long idler it w dated. Eo. A, ami 0, NfcWd.]

An eminent spirit merchant* in Dublin, announces in. an Irish paper, that ht) has still a small quautity o! tl o . whisky on htucl which was drunk by George IV. whea ia Dublin* ♦ I have mob t ds man,' sail fcho la.w\oi\wi!h exlremo eovi-nty, !ia - a great, many plap^ji Where I would bo aahanied, to bo ee^u mytplf, 1 and ha then pausod atid looked at tho shitling oourfc and jury. - ' " . '