DEMOLITION WORK ON SUNDAY
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS. Sir, —As a visitor to your beautiful city during the week-end, I was surprised to witness a firm of contractors carrying out the work of demolishing a building in Gloucester street on Sunday. In all my travels in other cities I have never witnessed this class of work being performed in full view of the public on their way to the various churches. I have noticed in the past that market gardeners have been brought before the court and fined for working at their calling on Sundays. I would like to ask if there is a different law governing Europeans who work on this day. It would appear that there is too much laxity exercised by the authorities in putting a stop to this lawbreaking practice. Trusting the city fathers will see that unnecessary work on Sunday is put a stop to and all offenders heavily, fined.—Yours, etc., VISITOR. June 15, 1936. [A police official said yesterday that under Section 18 of the Police Offences Act, the work referred to in the letter was against the law, unless the builders had been issued with a special permit.]
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21811, 17 June 1936, Page 7
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