PROVISIONS OF THE ACT.
In the Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act 1907, Cljinso 5, which- was referred to in the above discussion; provides, inter alia:— ."If .at . any time, in-the caso of'any'separate district, which is a Thorough or town district, or in_.thocasn of any combined district, a requisition that the'statutory closing day. in.that-district shall bo determined by/a poll of the doctors is presented in accordance with this section, then, , notwithstanding anything to tho '.contrary' in" the principal Act, the" statntory closing day in that district ' shall ;be determined'accordingly'in the manner lioroafter in this section provided'. . . . "Every, such requisition shall be so presented at a timo which is not less than one month, and not more than three months, before the, day fixed .for a general election of the members of the local authority ,t-o which such requisition is presented." y The next genoral election of rtiombere of tho City Council, which, as the "convening local. authority'\under the Act, is the body to which tho requisition would be presented, will take place in April, 1909." It' follows that moro than a year must elapao before the electors of Wellington and suburbs will have the opportunity of fixing the statutory half-holiday by their, own direct vote. ■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 107, 29 January 1908, Page 8
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