THE SHOPS ACT.
, PAHIATUA CASES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Pahiatua, 'Last Night. Eight shopkeepers were prosecuted in the Pahiatua Police Court to-day fos failing to close their shops at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, the day before Good Friday. The defendants pleaded guilty, stating that they had continued business until 1) p.m. on Thursday in order to close their shops on Saturday, which they did, thereby giving their employees the full benefit of the Easter holidays. The Inspector of Factories explained that there was some feeling in the matter, as the defendants did not constitute a majority of the shopkeepers of Pahiatua. They plainly committed a breach of the Act. They could only have continued business legally on Thursday evening by presenting a requisition to the Mayor, signed by a majority. The case was brought .as a lesson. Counsel for defendants said that they had done the right tiling in the wrong way. The Magistrate recorded a conviction in each case, ordering the defendants to pay costs at the Police Court.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 247, 18 April 1912, Page 8
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171THE SHOPS ACT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 247, 18 April 1912, Page 8
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