CLUBS AS TOBACCO SELLERS.
A NAPIER GRIEVANCE. [BY TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT] WELLINGTON, Aug. 7. Some forty shopkeepers in Napier are petitioning tlio House regarding the Shops and Offices Bill now before Parliament. They state that they desire to bring clubs, billiard rooms, and hotels more effectively under the provisions of the Act. Clubs, it is complained, are allowed to sell various classes of goods until 10 p.m., and are not compelled to close until the halfholiday. It is stated that the tobacconists in Napier were, among the first to adopt a closing hour, and that, as a consequence, they are not now doing more than a quarter of the tobacconists’ trade in the town.
It is asserted that one well-known club is selling more cigarettes than any two tobacconists in Napier. The stocking of side lines by storekeepers apart from their principal line of business and the trading in them beyond the hour fixed for their -sale jn other shops is described by the petitioners as derogatory to legitimate trading, and is a matter that calls for better regulation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3406, 9 August 1913, Page 2
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178CLUBS AS TOBACCO SELLERS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3406, 9 August 1913, Page 2
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