SHOPPING AT CHRISTMAS

Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1924, Page 14

SHOPPING AT CHRISTMAS

HOURS FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. REMINDER FOR HOUSEWIVES. The shopping hours in New Plymouth have now been fixed for the Christmas and New Year season, and the following points in connection with the holidays during the next two weeks will be of interest to New Plymouth housewives and visitors.

For retailers Christmas Eve will be a late night, and all. shops will be o'pen until 10 p.m. They will not open again until December 29 and 30, when .business can be done between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. On December 31 another late Hight will be observed, shops being closed all day on January 1 and 2. The usual hours will be again observed on January 3. Butchers will observe the following hours: December 24, open until 8.30 p.m.; December 25 and 20, close all day; Decejniber 27, close at 10 a.m. sharp; January 1 and 2, close all day; January 3, close at 12.30 p.m. The only day on which the tea-rooms and pastry cooks will close will be on Christmas Day. For bakers baking day will be on Wednesday, December 24, and no more bread will be available until Saturday, December 27. The same arrangement will hold good during New Year week, bread being available on Wednesday, December 31, and no more until Saturday, January 3. Fruit is always in demand at the festive season, and it will be possible to procure this on every day during the 'Christmas and New Year season except on Christmas Dav.

Drapers will adhere to the hours as decided on ‘by the Retailers’ Association. The wants of the smoker have not 'been forgotten. Except for Christmas Day, tobacconists will be open on every day. On Boxing Day, however, they will be open only for about two and a half hours in the morning.