SHOP ASSISTANTS’ HOURS.
A ( OXV!i Till', UPHELD. V. ri ’ N i v. pi. Judgment was given by the Chief Juaticr to--dav in ti»»* appeal case it nth-r the Sheps .-'tni Gffn-c--. Act in which Mr. Archer. draper. was • • r’ victoi tnd fined er,,, -hilling 1-v the magi -t rate for having employed an I assistant after 9 p.m. Counsel for < the appellant contcndcfl that half i an hour’s grace was allowed after; which emplcvment of nssrstant*. Ir'.-rr a [ . .al •■■■fft'r.ve. The Solicitor-* letteral n.-iintain< d that '< »>■!> . k wots th" al,*oh.it»> time. It ; was ailmittr<l tliat n r.ilr was mrvl" i at 9. 15. His Honor said tie appellant »arightly convicted and his appeal must! he dis‘nt'S"f|, as sub section 3. providing half nn hour’s grace was not nruint to apply to breaches of subsection I, section 3. hence under [ which aprwHant was prosecuted. Th:plain meaning of the statute was that nine was the closing hour and he saw no reason why it should be departed freer.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 276, 10 November 1911, Page 6
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