§ Mr. CROFTasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in the case of a barber with no assistant, it is necessary for him to close his shop one afternoon during the week under the Shops Act?
§ Mr. McKENNAYes, Sir. The weekly half-holiday applies to all barbers, unless an exemption order under Section 4 (4) is made on the vote of a majority of the trade.
§ Mr. CROFTasked whether, under the Shops Act, a grocer, whose shop is a telegraph delivering office (and therefore open till 8 p.m. daily), is permitted to sell perishable goods every afternoon of the week, provided he sells them himself?
§ Mr. McKENNAYes, Sir. Shops in which is carried on the sale of articles of a perishable nature are exempt, so far as such sale is concerned, from the requirement as to closing for a weekly half-holiday.