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LEGAL DECISIONS DURING 1899-1900 UNDEB THE FACTORIES ACT, THE SHOPS AND SHOP-ASSISTANTS ACT, THE SERVANTS' REGISTRY OFFICES ACT, THE TRUCK ACT, AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF BOYS OR GIRLS WITHOUT WAGES PREVENTION ACT. ■ Apeil, 1899. Auckland. —One case under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act, for hawking goods on the halfholiday, although repeatedly cautioned; penalty, 55., with £1 Bs. costs. Blenheim. —One case under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act, for failing to close shop on the half-holiday; penalty, £1, with £1 Bs. costs. Christchurch. —One case under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act, for failing to close shop on the half-holiday; penalty, £1, with £1 Bs. costs. Ashburton. —One case under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act, for employing assistant on the half-holiday; penalty, £1, with £1 Bs. costs. Dunedin. —One appeal case under the Factories Act against the decision of the Stipendiary Magistrate in March, who dismissed a case brought by the Inspector against the Salvation Army Rescue Home for failing to register as a factory. The appeal was also dismissed. One case (two charges) under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act, for employing waitresses in a restaurant for more than fifty-two hours, excluding meal-times, in a week. Penalty on first charge, £1, with £1 10s. costs ; the other charge then withdrawn, as the first conviction was enough. May, 1899. Auckland. —One case under the Factories Act, for employing girls on overtime without permit (two charges); penalty, £1 on each charge, with £3 3s. costs. Three cases under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act: One for failing to close shop on the half-holiday ; penalty, 10s., with £1 Bs. costs. Two for employing females longer than 11J hours on one day in a week. In the first case (two charges), penalty, £2 on each charge, with £3 6s. costs; penalty for latter case, £2, with £1 12s. costs. In this case there was also a charge for failing to allow female an hour for meal; penalty, 10s., with £1 Bs. costs. Napier. —Three cases under the Factories Act, for employing females on Saturday afternoon ; penalty in each case, 10s., with 7s. costs each. Two cases under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act: One for selling goods on the half-holiday ; penalty, £1, with £1 10s. costs. One for employing an assistant on the half-holiday ; penalty, £1, with £1 12s. costs. Foxton. —One case under the Factories Act, for employing two lads under eighteen years of age on Saturday afternoon; penalty, 10s., with 7s. costs. There was an appeal entered by nineteen flaxmillers against an order issued by the Inspector for loose pulleys and belt-shiftings to be provided on flaxmilling machinery. The appeal was dismissed. Christchurch —One case under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act, for employing carters on half-holiday ; defendant convicted and discharged. One case under the Factories Act, for employing five girls on Saturday afternoon ; penalty, £1, with £1 Bs. costs. June, 1899. Auckland. —One case under the Factories Act, for employing lad under eighteen years of age delivering goods on Saturday afternoon; penalty, 10s., with £1 10s. costs. Wellington. —One case under the Factories Act, for failing to report accident in factory; penalty, £1, with £1 Bs. costs. Two eases under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act: One for failing to close shop on the half-holiday ; penalty, £1, with £1 13s. 3d. costs. The other case, for employing assistant on the half-holiday, was dismissed, the Magistrate ruling that the employment was not in connection with the business. Christchurch. —One case under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act, for failing to close shop on the half-holiday; penalty, 55., with £1 Bs. costs. July, 1899. Napier. —One case under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act, for employing females for more than fifty-two hours in each of two succeeding weeks; penalty on each of four charges, £1, with £3 18s. costs: total, £7 18s. Wellington. —Two cases under the Factories Act, for employing two persons under sixteen years of age without certificate of fitness by Inspector; penalty, 55., with £1 Bs. costs in each case. Christchurch. —Two cases under the Factories Act: One for failing to report an accident to the Inspector of Factories; penalty, £1, with 7s. costs. The other,- for allowing thirteen girls to take meals in workroom ; penalty, £1, with 7s. costs. One case under the Shops and Shopassistants Act against a hotelkeeper, for failing to grant the half-holiday to bar-assistant; penalty, £1, with 7s. costs. August, 1899. Auckland. —One case under the Factories Act, for employing females on Saturday afternoon ; penalty, £1, with £1 10s. costs. New Plymouth. —One case under the Servants' Registry Offices Act, for refusing to register office under the Act; penalty, Is., with £1 Bs. costs. Wanganui. —Two cases under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act, for failing to close shop on the half-holiday; penalty in first case, 55., with costs 7s. The other case dismissed. Pahiatua. —Two cases under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act, for failing to close shops at 9 p.m., in accordance with Gazette notice under section 17 Amendment Act of 1895. The informations were withdrawn. Greytown North. —One case under the Shops and Shop-assistants Act, for delivering goods on the half-holiday; penalty, £1, with £1 14s. 6d. costs.