BREACH OF SHOP ACT.
A Coal Dealer Fined.
[per press association.]
AuCKLiND, Last night
At the Police Court to-day W. and G. Winston c pleaded guilty to a breach of the Shop Act by employing a carter engaged in delivering coal after 1 o'clock on Saturday, but pointed out that the award of the Conciliation Board allowed the employment of carters on a Saturday afternoon on payment of overtime. The Magistrate, Mr Brabant, said it was clear that a carter delivering coal was a shop assistant within the meaning ol the Act, but as defendants considered themselves protected by the award of the Conciliation Board, he inflicted a fine only of £1, with costs £1 Bs.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9824, 25 July 1900, Page 7
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