STRONG PROTEST
COMPULSORY CLOSING SHOPS ON ELECTION DAY (By Telegraph—Press Association.: NELSON, This Day. The Nelson Soft Goods and Boot Retailers' Association today passed a resolution strongly protesting against (lie compulsory closing of shops on the afternoon of Election Day.' Shopkeepers feel that the allowance of time ofT to vote is an adequate provision for staffs. A motion to defy the law and keep open was seriously considered but better counsels prevailed and it was decided to make strong representations to the Government along the lines suggested in the amendment to the Electoral Act brought forward by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and the New Zealand Drapers' Federation.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 124, 21 November 1935, Page 11
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108STRONG PROTEST Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 124, 21 November 1935, Page 11
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