THE HEATHEN CHINEE.
ON A GOOD WICKET. By Telegraph —Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Chinese shopkeepers apparently enjoy one advantage over their Caucasian brethren of the craft in being legally entitled to sell cigarettes after the hour at which tobacconists close. Two Chinamen were charged to-day by the Labor Department Inspector with halving sold cigarettes "after hours." Counsel for •defence contended that subsection 8, of section 25, of the Shops and Offices A'ct, 1908, made it illegal for the occupier of any shop to sell tobacco or cigarettes after certain hours, but subsection 5 of I the same section placed a modified in-j terpretation on the word "occupier,"* limiting it to include only British subjects. Defendants in this case were not British subjects, therefore did not come under the Act. The Magistrate, Mr. Riddel], upheld the contention and dismissed the case.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 247, 8 March 1913, Page 5
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142THE HEATHEN CHINEE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 247, 8 March 1913, Page 5
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