Sunday sales sought
PA j I I Wellington' The present shop trad-' ing hours 'permits Sun-| day Sales of "Penthouse” magazine, i but not the Bible, the j Shop Tradingl Hours Advisory Commit-I tee was told on Tuesday. This “absurd-” situation' was 'outlined | to the com-i mittee by the Wellington! Regional J ' Retailers’! Association, which ' is! among groups seeking a|
total repeal of the act. I In A submission the association jsaid it saw no requirement I for a mechanism that Iregulated shop trading I hours, j/ i. ; “The | existing act provides penalties for an activity which Icauses no physical damage and has not I been sihown to be' a social menacej — in our view it is ludicrous to imposejsuch; regulations,”
Furthermore, to permit the sale? of some items and not others was absurd and made a mockery iof the legislation. . The submission claimed the act permitted the sale of the ’’girlie” magazine “Penthouse” on a Sunday, but not the Bible. • j The association said it believed the Government had no part in the setting, of trading hours,
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