SUNDAY TRADING.
SOFT DRINK PROSECUTIONS. Auckland, Feb. 4. A deputation waited on the Premier this morning, and complained of the attitude of the police in instituting prosecutions with respect to the sale of soft drinks on Sundays, even at sale to customers instead of tea or coffee. Twenty-four summonses have been issued, and it is understood 104 more are pending. The police had stated that under section 17 of the Police Offences Act they had power to close refreshment rooms altogether on Sundays. The Premier promised to confer on the subject with the Crown Law officials. If hardships were being inflicted by the law, the only remedy was to get an amendment passed next session. Personally, he was in favour of soft drinks being obtainable on Sundays, but it was the duty of the legislature to check any movement in the direction of the initiation of a system of the general trading on the Sabbath that was going on in other countries.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 45, 4 February 1911, Page 5
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162SUNDAY TRADING. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 45, 4 February 1911, Page 5
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