RONGOTEA
At tho Arbitration Court yesterday, Evan Robin, stationer and bookseller, of Rongotea, applied for exempt tlon under Section 69 of the “Shops and Offices Act, 1921,” contending that since he had been compelled to close his shop on four days a week at 6 p.m. his trade had seriously diminished. No other shopkeeper in Ron- i gotea would be adversely affected if his application was granted. Mr. W. L. Fitzherbert appeared for petitioner, whose request was granted on the condition that he close his '< , shop at 1 o’clock on the statutory half- 1 : holiday, at 9 p.m. on other days o( : the week, all day on award holidays, 1 and employed no assistant. :
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Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3576, 6 April 1927, Page 2
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114RONGOTEA Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3576, 6 April 1927, Page 2
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