SUNDAY CLOSING IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, March 18. ! In the House of Lords last evening Lord Ave'oury's Sunday Closing of Shops Bill was read a second time after a proj inise of amendments to meet the case of ! Jews. [Lord Avebury moved on March 11 of last year: "That this House reiterates its opinion that the subject of Sunday j trading requires the serious and earnest I attention of His Majesty's Government, ! and urges them to take the first available opportunity of legislating in accordance with tie general principles affirmed in the reports of the committees of 1905 and 1906." Shopkeepers, he said, were overwhelmingly in favour of Sunday closing, and he hoped that the House would take a further step in the direction of a much-needed, reform. Some debate followed and the Karl of Crewe (Go- ! vernment Leader) eventually accepted a motion, which was agreed to, to the effect that the Government should be asked to take the earliest opportunity to legislate on this subject.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 68, 19 March 1908, Page 5
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