✨ Chemists' Shops Closing Hours
Num. 23 883
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1930.
Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its
Amendment, fixing the Closing-hours of Chemists’ Shops
within the Combined District of Otahuhu and Papatoetoe.
WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops within the
Combined District of Otahuhu and Papatoetoe, comprising
the Borough of Otahuhu and the Town District of Papatoetoe,
has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within
the said combined district be closed as follows: On Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 8 p.m., on Fridays
at 9 p.m., and on Sundays, except during the time from
7 p.m. to 8 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) In the
evening of the working-day immediately preceding Good
Friday the closing-hour shall be 9.30 p.m.; (2) in the evening
of the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day
the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m.; (3) in the evening of the
working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day the
closing-hour shall be 10 p.m.; (4) there shall be no fixed
closing-hour on Anzac Day; (5) should any day other than
Saturday be observed in any week as the statutory closing-
day the closing-hour on Friday in such week shall be 8 p.m.
and the closing-hour on Saturday in such week shall be
9 p.m.; (6) should the occupier of any shop affected by this
notice observe a whole or half-holiday and close his shop
from not later than 1 o’clock in the afternoon until 7 o’clock
in the evening of any of the special days mentioned in sec-
tion 26 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, or of 2nd Janu-
ary, or of the Anniversary Day of the Auckland Province, or
of any day generally observed in the district in lieu thereof,
then the closing-hour for such shop in the evening of such
day shall be 9 p.m.:
And whereas I, William Andrew Veitch, Minister of Labour,
am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent
a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within the
said combined district:
Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops
and Offices Act, 1921–22, and in pursuance of section 15 of
the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1927, I do hereby
direct that on and after the 31st day of March, 1930, all the
chemists’ shops within the Combined District of Otahuhu
and Papatoetoe shall be closed accordingly.
Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of March, 1930.
W. B. TAVERNER, for Minister of Labour.
By Authority: W. A. G. SKINNER, Government Printer, Wellington.
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👷 Closing Hours for Chemists' Shops in Otahuhu and Papatoetoe
👷 Labour & Employment28 March 1930
Shops and Offices Act, Chemists' Shops, Closing Hours, Otahuhu, Papatoetoe
- William Andrew Veitch, Minister of Labour
- W. B. Taverner, for Minister of Labour