THURSDAY HALF HOLDAY.
INTERESTING TIMARU CASE.
[PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM] TIMARU, Nov. 14. Auctioneers have been accustomed to conduct auctions of furniture at vendors’ residences on the afternoon of the Thursday half-holiday. Recently an outside firm brought a quantity of goods hero, hired a hall, and conducted auction sales several afternoons in succession, including the half-holiday.
A prosecution for this as a breach of the Shops and Offices Act was instituted and heard to-day. Decision was reserved.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3680, 15 November 1912, Page 5
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76THURSDAY HALF HOLDAY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3680, 15 November 1912, Page 5
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