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Eturn showing Hours fixed for the closing of Shops, as per Requisition from Shopkeepers under the Shops and Offices Act — continued.

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Place. Trades. Hours. Oamaru Manaia All chemists' shops Drapers, clothiers, bootmakers, general storekeepers, chemists, plumbers, saddlers, butchers, tailors, bakers, watchmakers, stationers, and grocers All shops, except chemists, butchers, hairdressers and tobacconists, photographers, confectioners, oyster - saloon keepers, fruiterers, and jewellers All chemists' shops 8 o'clock on four days, 9.30 on Saturday. 6 o'clock on four days of week, 10 o'clock on Saturday, excepting on Christmas and New Year Eves, 1 o'clock on half-holiday. Feilding 9 o'clock on Saturday, excepting Christmas and New Year Eve. ?> • • 8 o'clock on four days, 9 o'clock on Saturday, 1 o'clock on Wednesday, except Christmas and New Year Eves. 6 o'clock on four days and 10 o'clock on one day. 6 o'clock on four days and 9 o'clock on Saturday. Masterton Drapers,-clothiers, grocers Kaiapoi Tailors, clothiers, drapers, milliners, fancy - goods dealers, jewellers, stationers, grocers, ironmongers, butchers, bootmakers, saddlers, furniture - dealers, and bicycle-dealers All chemists' shops New Plymouth 8 o'clock on four days and 9.30 o'clock on Saturday, and 1 o'clock on weekly halfholiday. 6 o'clock on four days, 9 o'clock on Saturday, 1 o'clock on Wednesday. 6 o'clock on four days, 10 o'clock on Saturday, and 1 o'clock on Thursday. Rongotea All shops except hairdressers .. Te Aroha All shops except fishmongers, fruiterers, confectioners, bakers, refreshment-room keepers, or bookstall-keeper on railwaystation or wharf. (Hairdressers exempted by subsequent requisition) All shops except hairdressers and tobacconists (exempted by subquent requisition) Tailors, clothiers, drapers, milliners, jewellers, fancy - goods dealers, stationers, grocers, bootmakers, ironmongers, fur-niture-dealers, butchers, cycledealers All chemists and druggists' shops Pahiatua 6 o'clock on four days, and 9 o'clock on Saturday evening. Blenheim 6 o'clock on four days and 10 o'clock on Saturday, and 1 o'clock on Wednesday. Invercargill 8.30 o'clock on four days of week, 10 o'clock on Saturday, 1 o'clock Wednesday, except Christmas and New Year Eves, when hour shall be 11 p.m. 6 o'clock on four days, 9 o'clock on Saturday, 1 o'clock Wednesday, excepting on Christmas and New Year Eves, when hour shall be 11 p.m.* 6 o'clock Monday, Tuesday, Friday; 8 o'clock on Wednesday; 9 o'clock on Saturday ; 1 o'clock on Thursday. >> • • Drapers, clothiers, mercers, and grocers Mosgiel All shops excepting tobacconists, hairdressers, chemists, fruiterers, confectioners, and re-freshment-room keepers All shops except tobacconists, hairdressers, and fruiterers All chemists and druggists' shops Motueka 6 o'clock on four days, 1 o'clock on Wednesday, and 10 o'clock on Saturday. 8 o'clock every working-day except Wednesday, when at 1 o'clock; 9 o'clock on Saturday. Gore Wyndhamf Omaka Road District Greytown All shops 6 o'clock on four days, 1 o'clock onjjWednesday, and 10 o'clock on Saturday. 6 o'clock on four days, 1 o'clock on Thursday, and 9 o'clock Saturday, except Christmas and New Year Eves, when hour shall be 11.30 p.m. Drapers, grocers, stationers, bootmakers, and general storekeepers * 9 o'clock fixed ini zette notice of itead of 10 o'clock by subsequent requisit; the 13th July, 1905, fixing closing-hour ion ; grocers by separate requisition, ■s, cancelled on the 31st August, 1905.