ANNIVERSARY CLOSING.

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 81, 11 January 1926, Page 4

ANNIVERSARY CLOSING.

THURSDAY LONG NIGHT. This year Anniversary Day (January 22) falls on a Friday, and a question has arisen as to the observance of the late night for shops. The shops and Offices Act, .1921, sub-section 3 of section 31, provides in such a case, as follows:—“When in any week a shop is closed and no assisstants are employed during the whole of the day on which that shop may be kept open until 9 o’clock in the evening, pursuant to sub-section 1 of this section, the shop may be kept open and the assisants may be employed until 9 o’clock in the evening on such other night in the week as the occupier may think fit, provided that previous notice in writing of such change has been given to the inspector.’’

The question has arisen in Wellington as to whether individual notices arc required, and the secretary of the Wellington Employers’ Association communicated with the Inspector of Awards and suggested that as Thursday will probably be the night most desired, a general notice from his association could be accepted, leaving it for those who desire another night to be observed to give individual notice. Mr R. T. Bailey (Inspector) has agreed to this course being followed.