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Ml F TOWN AND C0UMTY. ► T • neJ ni.a- help to a better understanding of the situation that has arisen in Brecon in ^«i°n with the petitioiis for a shop- CrS*U^ order to state the pow ers «rf- Town • under the Shops Act of 1U! V, «> far as can understand tne provisions of that »' VjU^e- Where any body or bodies of shop- eIf, petition for an order, says the Act, the hi authority, if they are satisfied that a facie case has been rctide out, shall to give the prescribed notices. It can- be seriously contended that a prima tacijc J as not been made out in Brecon, for tle r ltl0»s show, practically, unanimity. As Jv/teted in this column last week, if nothing I Ripened since the signing of the petitions, "ould be the plain duty of the Town ^u-;cil to take the preliminary steps provided L r )U the ACT, without any further ado. The location for the proposed conference with Chai-iibe- of Trade, who promoted the movement, lies in the suggestion that a of those who signed the petitions have efl their views. The suggeirtfem, respon- made, ought to be investigated, and on to say. however, that the pewte«o»^ were (ground one approves of delay. It is only to say. however, that the pewte«o»^ were Stained in the haphazard fajshicm usual such documents. Small sub-committees Renting the various trades went to the keepers and other traders and explained E Position, and in some cases we,ni .10re than and overcame objections by arguments. *e who signed did so deliberately with 11' eyes open. I I Imposing. fthe moment, thvn were 1\0 pon for delay. The first step is for the ■ b»^Vri Council to give the preKnitrnwy Notices, > fc -Vparently the revoking of tbe okl order closing to the shopkeepers *s a volun- l matter should come as part of the making f new one and not as a first aotipia. If, r taking into consideration any objections f nla- be made on the publication of the c tlces, the Town Council are satisfied that it r eXpedient to make an order and t-iot the j 2^ers °4 two-thirds of the shops affected l^'ove, they may proceed to cfc Mr. *fti this ? the construction of the Act appears to fpult" In the first place it rtipuuks that ii': local authority must take the preliminary I and when they have taken them, per- I\'e language is used as to the actual making Order. Probably this ace is Rental, but there it is. Before becoming > an (2r^er ^as *° aPProvec* by the r Secretary, but experience tends to show j approval is very much a matter of course. -1 opposing the Town Council decline to ? an order, the people who want it (a 5 <L s-tamial number of occupiers of shops and |°1> assistants is necessary) mar$j?peal to e lIome Secretary for a local ilK,. by "a L f letent person," but they must sarfsfy him f Jr* it is expedient to ascertain the extent to 1 t\l,'h there is n demand for early 0 In of Brccon there ought to be no diffi- hy about that. Assuming an inquiry held r £ conference with the local authority would 5 ff frart of the procedure) and it appears to the holding it that it is expedient that a 3 MVfl £ order should -be made, toe s/;a,l prepare or<er submit it to th £ Home '■ wit^1 i rf>nr>i t The Home Secretary iff M.^hen have to consider any representations v jf *-h the Town Council may have *iade, and 1 tj finally comes to the conclusion that a lii ug order is desirable he may oojoawnioaie j ^ecision to the Town Clerk and thereupon • tN shall be deemed to be A trimtjkde ease flaking an order. The Act gets oft and on ground, as it were, several time? bwt in °ag run, it would seem, a closing order is '3 to be made if the shopkeepers desire it. now transpires that the decorators agreed J;i!idon their separate claim for a Saturday holiday, in order that a unanimous demand 1 Wednesday half-holiday might be made Unless one has been misled by the involved Geology of the Act. there is a provision by ;h they can themselves substitute !day for Wednesday as the half-holiday, ttfcting up certain notices. It will be well, "*er. for the decorators be quite fied on this point the writer is net posing y legal luminary.11 5 A r- s Word or two as to the reasons why some ) ^keepers are said to have changed their ? q!ó\. The great argument is that with a e closing day they would be handicapped ^Wv days.or uuy Other great' public occa- that they would not be able to open shops by arrangement and fill their tills h the money of the visitors. Bnt is it not ^| t that most of the sho]ikeepei's have ^tarily got into the habit of closing their on suuii lv-'Uo i iie ii.Vi.i.-ycaily fair -itj^e Breconshire Agricultural Show may be Kj 518 instances. And it certainly is a fact 1 »L hotel and refreshment house keepers and 3 Me ouists Wlil aoie to ply tljeir trades ol! I E half-holid.iy, under a closing order, for s E^' are specially exempted bv the Act. Look- t W to the future, is it likely that any number f will want to have their shops e jSj^ when we have a big pcnce -eeJ«JjKitioii, as y Oubt we shall, or when the Agricultural is revived, as we all hope it may be? And assistants are consulted iheir^ answer be very 'cleir. They will s-fly at once- • R164 Us have our holiday and our closing time y days secure." Voluntarism in closing y ^K^t,ter than nothing but srnnil a towu as is, the assistants know that on occasion certain instances voluntarism has broken

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