TOBACCONISTS' COMPLAINT.
r UNFAIR COMPETITION. [BT TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] , --■ - ; ■;■> Wellington, Thursday. Some 40 shopkeepers in Napier are petitioning the House of Representatives : regarding the Shops and Offices Bill now before Parliament.; They state that they desire to ;bring clubs, billiardrooms, and hotels more effectively • under the provisions of the Act. ~.■..■ .-»■.,.. Clubs, it is complained, are allowed to sell various classes of goods until-10 p.m., and are not compelled to close on the halfholiday. It is stated that the tobacconists in Napier were amongst the ; first to adopt the early closing hour, and that :as a consequence they are not now doing more than a quarter of the tobacconists' tra3e in the town. It is asserted that one wellknown club is selling move cigarettes than any two tobacconists in Napier. * The stocking of side lines by storekeepers apart from their principal line of business, and the trading in them - beyond' the hour fixed for their sale in other shops, is described by the petitioners as derogatory to legitimate trading, and as a matter that calls for better regulation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15374, 8 August 1913, Page 8
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177TOBACCONISTS' COMPLAINT. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15374, 8 August 1913, Page 8
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