OPENING ON SATURDAY

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31867, 20 December 1968, Page 9

OPENING ON SATURDAY

Permit Given Rock Shop

, Similar applications had: been granted throughout: New Zealand, said the Shops! and Offices Exemptions Tri-! ; bunal (Mr'H. J. Thompson.: ' S.M.) in granting an applica-! tion yesterday by Scarbor-| ough Gemstones, Ltd, also ; | known as Hettie’s Rock Shop, ! 110 Birdwood Avenue, to open '(on Saturdays. j She had Australian, Ameri- [ jean and other overseas visitors, said the managing director (Mrs H. van Houten). The J shop sold New Zealand gemstones and minerals, jewellery and souvenirs and catered for (supplies to those who collected and polished stones as a I hobby. I Nobody else was really afifccted, said Mr Thompson, J l granting permission to open] between 10.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. I |on Saturdays, from 10 a.m. ito 5 pun. Mondays to Thursjdays, and from 1 p.m. to 5! 'ip.m. and 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. I on Fridays. Mr J J. Holloway was refused permission to remain! I open until 10 p.m. on week-' | days and to 8 p.m. on Sun-] 'days for the sale of nonexempted lines from his shop at 11 Riccarton Road. He said he had a demand from hospital staff and visitors, and I from people in nearby motels.: I Messrs B. G. Collett and 18. P. C. North, trading as F. IV. England, Ltd. seedsmen and nurserymen, 135 Armagh : I Street, were given permission • I to open from 9 a m. to 5 p.m. 'lon Saturdays for tbe sale of II plants, shrubs, seeds, chemi- • I cals and fertilisers, but not hardware or implements.