THE SHOP AND SHOP ASSISTANTS ACT, 1802.
A movkmknt oriffiiufcintf in Ntfanmwohu ;«nd Huntly i.s on [not to ask the M.tyoi <>f Hamilton to oonvvne a g>;nera<l meeting of storekeepers and n-s-istants to bo held in Hamilton in order, if possible to decide upon one pennr d d;iy 1.0 he observed :<h a holiday under the provisions of the uhovo Act. There sumjnth to ho a misapprehension in the mind-* of some of our business people as regards the closing of their places of business. An idea is abroad that provided the assistants are allowed away the proprietor is permitted to carry on his business as usual. We quote the. 3rd Clause of th« Act which bears upon tin* point, and it is clear from it that every simp except those specially exempted iuu>t be dosed on the day fixed upon. The following is a copy of the Clause :—All shops in a city, borough, or town district, except news-agents'shops, chemists'" shops, inilk-shops, colft-e houses, restaurants, eating-houso.s, coo iVct 5 oners', fish and oyster-shops, and fruit and vege-table-shops, shall be elo-ed in each week on the afternoon of oue woi k'ing-day at the hour of one of the cloelv
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue XXXIX, 1 November 1892, Page 2
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199THE SHOP AND SHOP ASSISTANTS ACT, 1802. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue XXXIX, 1 November 1892, Page 2
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