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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1630, 23 December 1912, Page 4

The following-letter has ben sent by Mr, A. W. Croskery, secretary of the Wellington Eetail Soft Goods Employees Union, to the Minister for Labour (Hie Hon. W. P. Massoy) and the Secretary of Labour (Mr. J. Lomas): "Sir-On behalf of the. members of the above union, I desire respectfully to inform you that whereas any action by shoplwoers to employ assistants this evening till Ho clock is a distinot breach of the Shops and Offices Act, we will, in the event of -such action taking place, call upon your Department to prosecute all those who are guilty of a breach of the kvr. Wβ cannot recognise that any conference, Department, or individual has power to over-ride the statutory requirements of the Act, and will object even to the Prime Minister exercising any suoh arbitrary power." In view of the above inquiry was made by a reporter on Saturday night as to what action the shopkeepers concerned would take. It was found that most of the shops commenced to close at about 10.30 p.m., and with tho pxenption of ono or two all the shons linrt their shutters up by 10.40 p.m. It wa3 gathered from a rewespntntivo of tho omplovers that the action of the secretary (Mr Croskery) was emisiderwl r«th<«r arbitrary seeing that the president of the Emplovers' Union (Mr. Humphries) mt»!o an attempt to find him (Mr. Croskerv) bofow makinjr the nrromont with the cnwlovers respecting tho lnfrrclwnw of nisrlits. Tt nlw s^tH thnt Hi* first iTit'im.iMon wh'eh Mr- HuTmhrin nwved of rcpi'tjontfttionsbeiiis made to the Prime Minister was the press report of thess bavins taken place. All over Australian soil, When men grow ricii by honest tejl,_ 'Neath sunny skies and fair the viovr, 'Mid luscious fruits, bright flowers', too, The only thing that mars the joy Are coughs and colds, which so annoy, But this no longer men endure 13y taking: Woods' Great Peppermint Cure- . 93"