SATURDAY TRADING
Grocers not in favour Proposals to allow Saturday trading by shops at present confined to a Mon-day-to-Friday shopping week were not supported by the National Association of Retail Grocers of New Zealand, the retiring president (Mr J. C. Williams) said at the association’s annual conference in New Plymouth.
"Our organisation, along with other kindred retail bodies, has declared itself unequivocally in favour of retaining the present trading days,” he said. "We believe that the Government would be unwise to introduce legislation which would be contrary to the wishes of those engaged in the retail industry, and equally against the views of trade unionists and others who believe that if goods can be produced in five days then they can be sold within five days. "Our thinking on the matter might well be different if there was clear evidence that responsible organisations of housewives expressed genuine concern that the present trading hours, which have been established for the last 28 years, are unreasonably! restricted,” said Mr Williams. “The Government, too, must remember that to pass legislation providing for Saturday work would aggravate rather than ease the present critical staffing problem experienced by almost every grocer,” he said.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32847, 22 February 1972, Page 13
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