SOFT DRINKS AND ICE CREAMS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 282, 17 November 1911, Page 5

SOFT DRINKS AND ICE CREAMS.

AND "BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS.”

At the Magistrate’s Court at Hastings this morning, Karpel Cohen was charged with keeping his shop open at Hastings on Sunday, November 12th, for the purpose of trading. Mr. G. Ebbett appeared for defendant and admitted selling soft drinks and ice creams, which, he contended, was a work of necessity according to section 17 of the Act. Defendant had been led to understand similar cases had been brought at Wellington and Auckland and had been dismissed. Defendant did not expose anything else for sale. Sergent Hogan said that in one case brought at Auckland a conviction had been recorded.

Hsi Worship suid*the sole question was whether the selling of soft drinks and ice creams was a work of necessity. He could understand that in the case of restaurants where people went alter journeying a long distance. the supplying of soft drinks was probably a work of necessity, but personally he did not think the selling of ice creams on Sunday to people resident in the town was necessary.

Mr. Ebbett said the case was an important one to a number of Hastings shoj-keepers, and he asked if bis Worship ruled that soft drink* and ice creams supplied to persons coming a certain number of miles did not create an offence. His Worship said the sole quest w so. The circumstances were di;. . ent when persons were a imig way from home. Mr. Dclan jocularly 'magested that they slionhl. lie boua fide travellers. Defendant was convicted and discharged.