Shops Act provisions published with amendments 1942
The document presents the Shops Act 1940 as amended by Act No 34 of 1942, defining terms and outlining shop closing areas, scheduling, notice requirements, exemptions, and working-hour rules for shop assistants including age and gender limits, overtime allowances, and minimum meal breaks. It also details how orders become effective and how schedules may be varied by the Governor in Commission.
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Newfoundland Gazette
Commissioner For Public Health and Welfare
St. John’s
The Shops Act 1940 Establishes Opening Hours Reform
The document details shop closing rules with penalties for breaches, seating requirements for female assistants, sanitation provisions, and permits for ships to open outside hours. It cites repeals of earlier acts and defines the act's scope and enforcement mechanisms, including fines and imprisonment plus liability of managers and agents.
Schedule of opening hours for shops in shop closing areas
Schedule lists Sundays with no hours and fixed holidays with no opening. New Year’s Day, St Patrick’s Day, Good Friday, Empire Day, Memorial Day, Armistice Day, Christmas, Boxing Day are closed. Alternative fixed holidays apply when the normal day falls on a Sunday, with details incomplete.
Woman Credits Kruschen Relief For Back Pain Vanishing
A reader testimonial praises Kruschen for curing long standing backache after months of trial and expense. The note claims kidneys slow and toxins cause pain and mood decline, and that the mineral salts restore normal kidney action leading to lasting relief and savings.
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EK. J. B
Christmas Day and Holiday Hours in Governor Fix
A historic notice lists holiday rules: Christmas Day as Sunday, additional whole and half holidays fixed by the Governor in Commission, regular Wednesdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. except during holidays, Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and other weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. It also enumerates allowed trades such as refreshments, newspapers, transport supplies, tobacco, photo film, medicines, funeral furniture, dairy and baked goods, and confectionery.
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St. John's Regatta
Passenger and driver exchange quip about pace and age
A passenger nags the driver to go faster while the driver jokes about not wanting to abandon his horse. Mr Smith quips that his wife’s nerves are a sign of age. A note claims bats are blind but see well in day and night.
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Mr. Smith
Mr. Brown
Public Notice of Newfoundland Licensing Change 1943
The Office of Economic Warfare announces that Newfoundland and other areas join Group E for General Licenses under the Newfoundland Programme Bulletin No. 130 dated 29 October 1943. USA exports to Newfoundland may go under General Licenses without licences or BEW-119 permits, reducing import recommendations and export release delays. Changes to the Schedule may occur with short notice. suppliers should notify relevant US authorities. W. B. Curtis, Supplies Officer, 29 October 1943.
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Office of Export
Office of Economic Warfare
Newfoundland
U.S A
USA
Comprehensive Export Schedule Item List Snapshot
A dense OCR listing export Schedule No. 12 categories from horses and live animals to papers, printed matter, chemicals, clays, stone products, tobacco, vanillin, salts, sulphurs, cements, and animal feeds. It includes notes on specific subcategories and embedded phrases like aviation fuels, plaster statuary, and various textiles. The fragment references official pages and numbered sections, indicating a broad catalog of goods for export with some quoted descriptors and partial item groupings.
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General Licenas
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AGIC
Board of Liquor Control
Confederation Life
Constabulary
Kruschen
Warnbill
Kidiney Dodd
The
United States
W. B. Curtis
Animals and Animal Products
Plaster of Paris
Piang
Concrete and Cement Manufactures
Standard
Portland Hydraulic
O.e
Tarra Cotta and Ceramic Manufactures
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U.S
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