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now given to the Local Authoritv to prescribe by Order
some other day as the late day. The New Act is to be construed
(except where the context otherwise requires) as one
with the Shops Acts, 1912 and 1913, and is enforceable by
the Local Authority.
Two hundred and forty shops were visited during the
year, and special attention was given to compliance with the
provisions of the Acts relating to the following matters:—
(1) Cleanliness and adequacy of sanitary
dation.
(2) Provision of seats for female shop assistants.
(3) Provision and fixing of prescribed notices, re
(a) Form I. respecting the week-day on which
assistants are not employed after 1.30 p.m.
(b) Form IV. in regard to "mixed shops" being
closed for the sale of non-exempted goods.
(c) Form under Section 11. respecting employment
of young persons.
(4) The allowance of proper intervals for meals.
(5) Closing of shops at the prescribed hours,
ing 1 p.m. on Thursdays to comply with the
Order made by the Council fixing the weekly
half-holiday.
A number of infringements have been dealt with, but,
in each case, a caution to the offender was sufficient to secure
compliance with the Acts.
Storage of Petroleum.
The Petroleum (Consolidation) Act, 1928, came into
force on the 4th August, 1928, and brings within the compass
of a single statute all existing provisions with respect
to the storage and safe keeping of petroleum spirit.
Petroleum spirit is defined as Petroleum, which when
tested in a prescribed manner, gives off an inflammable
vapour at a temperature less than 730 Fahrenheit.
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