‘‘The Act appears to need amendment,” remarked Mr. E. Page, S.M., at tlic Wellington Magistrate’s Court, when Percy Holt’ was charged .with Sunday trading. The eyiden.ee of Constable Shirley showed that when inter- \ v viewed, the defendant-had stated that the profit he made through keeping open on Sunday more than .covered the .maximum amour# thst he could be'' fined. The Magistrate imposed , a fine .* of £1 and costs, the maximum penalty provided for. v
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16212, 24 August 1923, Page 10
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