AFTER-HOURS TRADING
Sir,—l am somewhat amused by the attitude of the master grocers in regard to after-hours trading and the selling of groceries by other tradesmen. To-day I saw displayed for sale in a large city grocery, electric light bulbs, torch batteries, cycle repair outfits, paints, garden seeds, and tools. Should I find myself out of groceries at the week-ends, I have merely to run out to a well-known picnic ground, controlled by prominent members of the Grocers’ Association, where I can purchase without limit anything at all in the grocery line, be it Saturday or Sunday. Would it not be as well for the master grocers to put their own houses in order before demanding the other fellow to stop?— Yours, etc.. SIMPLE SIMON. February 16, 1949. [The secretary of the Canterbury Master Grocers’ Association (Mr J. Jackson) said in reply to this letter that he knew of no member of his association. who was doing what the writer alleged. He said that if the writer would communicate with him he would investigate the matter immediately.]
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25735, 22 February 1949, Page 8
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