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A number of evening sales conducted in church halls and other public
halls were visited and warnings given to the organisers to conform to the
general closing hours.
A fried fish shop was found open at 12.30 a.m. on s Sunday morning,
contrary to Section 47 and the Fifth Schedule of the Shops Act 1950. The
occupier was sent a warning letter.
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There were no prosecutions under the Acts during the year.
The management of an entertainment centre was found to have conducted
a sale of goods on a Sunday contrary to Sections 47 and 58 of the Shops Act
1950. The facts were confirmed and reported to the Town Clerk who sent
letters of warning to the management of the premises in which the sale was
conducted and to the firm who sold the goods. The management gave an
undertaking not to conduct sales in future on Sundays.
A firm of motor car salesmen conducted a demonstration of motor cars
after the general closing hour on a Saturday and all day on a Sunday with intent
to sell cars during such time and on such a day not permitted by the
Shops Act 1950. The matter was reported to the Town Clerk who warned the
firm in question that the demonstration would be interpreted to contravene
the requirements of the Act and must not be repeated.