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Return showing Hours fixed for the closing of Shops as per Requisition from Shopkeepers, under the Shops and Offices Act, gazetted during the Year ending 31st March, 1907.

Place. Place. Trades. Hours. Blenheim Blenheim All tobacconists' shops 8 o'clock on four days, 1 o'clock on Wednesday, and 10 o'clock on Saturday. 6 o'clock on four days, 1 o'clock on Thursday, and 9 o'clock on Saturday. Carterton Christchurch Carterton All drapers, grocers, stationers, bootmakers, and general storekeepers All boot and shoe shops Christchurch 6 o'clock on four days, 1 o'clock on the statutory closing-day, and 9 o'clock on Saturday. 6 o'clock on four days, 1 o'clock on Thursday, and 9 o'clock on Saturday. 6 o'clock on five days, and i o'clock" on Saturday. Dunedin Dunedin All jewellers'shops ... Dunedin, Roslyn, and Port ChalDunedin, Roslyn, and Port Chal-Furniture-dealers' shops mers Eltham mers Eltham Varied notice: All chemists ... ! Exempting chemists from being closed between the hours of 7 and 8 o'clock on every working-day, excepting that on the statutory half-holiday the shops may be open only for the supply of medicines and surgical appliances. 6 o'clock on four days, 1 o'clock on Wednesday, and 10 o'clock on Saturday. Tobacconists and hairdressers: 8 o'clock on four days, 1 o'clock on Wednesday, and 10.30 o'clock on Saturday. I 8 o'clock on four days, 1 o'clock on Wednesday, and 10 o'clock on Saturday. i 6 o'clock on four days, 1 o'clock on Wednesday, and 9 o'clock on Saturday. Foxton Gore ... Hawera Foxton Gore ... Hawera Hawksbury All shops (bakers and confectioners exempted, and hours for closing tobacconists' and hairdressers' shops varied by subsequent requisition) All tobacconists and hairdressers' shops All grocers, ironmongers, tailors, drapers, clothiers, saddlers, painters and paperhangers, butchers, boot and shoe dealers, furniture - dealers, watchmakers and jewellers, music-sellers, coachbuilders, and auctioneers All shops (hairdressers' saloons are exempted and hours varied by subsequent requisition) Hawksbury ; Inglewood Inglewood Inangahua County Inangahua County All shops ... All shops ... 6 o'clock on four days, 1 o'clock on Wednesday, and 9 o'clock on Saturday (Christmas and New Year's Eves to be excepted). Hairdressers' saloons: 8 o'clock ou four days, 1 o'clock on Wednesday, 10 o'clock on Saturday (Christmas and New Year's Eves to be excepted). 5.30 o'clock on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, and at 9.30 o'clock on Saturday during the months of April, May, June, July, and August. 6 o'clock on four days, except that the hours of booksellers and stationers to be 8 o'clock on those days ; 1 o'clock on Wednesday, 10 o'clock on Saturday, except one Saturday in each month (locally known as Pay-Saturday, when the hour shall be 11 o'clock); Christmas and New Year's Eves to be excepted, when the hour shall be 11 o'clock, or when Christmas Day or New Year's Day fall on a Monday the closinghour on the preceding Saturday shall be 11 o'clock. 12 o'clock midnight on all working-days. ■: . ■ . _.-.._• - -i •: . •• ' .1 ' . i Kiwitea County ... Varied notice: .\11 fruiterers, confectioners, and restaurantkeepers All shops ... 6 o'clock on four days, 1 o'clock on Wednesday, and 10 o'clock on Saturday (Christmas and New Year's Eves to Be excepted, when the closing-hour shall be 11 o'clock, or when Christmas and New Year's Days fall on Monday the closinghour on the preceding Saturday shall be 11 o'clock).