LEGAL BUSINESS HOURS
AN INTERESTING POINT. (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 30. Because a fruiterer exposed for sale tinned vegetables and. dealt in. firewood the Inspector of Factories claimed in the court that he should close at one o ’clock on Saturdays. The magistrate quoted the definition in the Act of fresh or preserved fruit (other than jam), or vegetables. ‘ There is no punctuation in the sentence, said Mr. Page, “and it seems to me that the adjectives fresh or preserved apply to vegetables a* well as fruit. Even if it was not the eustom for the trade not to stock tinned vegetables, he did not think it affected the meaning to be given to the words. Some tinned oysters were also found on the premises, but the evidence showed they were not kept exposed or offered for sale, but were for defendant’s own use. Defendant was entitled to remain open. Wood was not kept m the shop. 'lf it had been defendant would have had to close. He was fined ten shillings, however, for exposing it outside the shop.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 30 September 1927, Page 9
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181LEGAL BUSINESS HOURS Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 30 September 1927, Page 9
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