THE FACTORIES ACT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10230, 12 June 1911, Page 4

THE FACTORIES ACT.

The Shops and Offices Act and- the: Factories Act, like *he first Licensing Act, take a lot of understanding, and if a recent- ease .heard at Auckland results ,in a finding for the Inspector of 'Factories, then it is difficult to say on what grounds ' the next- prosecution will come. In the Auckland case action was taken aiajainst T. W. Kwai for not having closed liis -shop .at 1 p.m. on the weekly half-holiday. The facts of the case were that defendant keeps a restaurant, which is entitled to be open on the half-holiday for the convenience of persons wanting a meal. The Inspector of Factories contended that as' cigarettes were sold on the sarnie premises it .became a shop, and had to be closed the .same as any other shop. Mr Skelton, for defendant, said the main .business of the establishment was a restaurant. He argued that, because eign's worth of cigaretteis was kept on the premises for the convenience of-customers, it' wa,s absurd: ■to say that a restaurant must close on the weekly half-holiday. Mr Kettle, S.M., said that the point raised was one of considerable importance, and he would, therefore, take time to conaider his decision.