An Act to Authorise the Corporation of the Town of [Assented to, November 21st, 1923.] E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the "Gladstone Institute Act, 1923." Short title. transfer certain land 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Corporation of Town Act, 1923, or any other Act or law to the contrary, it shall be lawful of Gladstone may at any time within one year after the passing of this Act for the to trustees of GladCorporation of the Town of Gladstone without valuable considera- stone Institute. tion to transfer an estate of fee simple in the land described in No. 1558 of 1923. the Schedule to the trustees of the Gladstone Institute, and also without valuable consideration to assign to the said trustees any personal property of the said Corporation used in connection with any buildings erected on the said land. stone Institute. 3. Any land transferred to the trustees of the Gladstone Institute Land to be held for pursuant to section 2, and any personal property assigned to the purposes of Gladsaid trustees pursuant to section 2, shall be held by the said trustees for the use and benefit of the Gladstone Institute, and for the purposes thereof, and shall be subject to the provisions of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery, and Institutes Acts, 1909 to 1923. In the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to this Bill. 1571 TOM BRIDGES, Governor. THE Gladstone Institute Act.-1923. Section 2. THE SCHEDULE. 1. That section of land situated in the township of Booyoolie, County of Victoria, No. 174, containing twenty-nine perches or thereabouts, and being the whole of the land comprised in Certificate of Title, Register Book, volume 262, folio 99. 2. That section of land situated in the township of Booyoolie, County of Victoria, No. 173, containing thirty-one perches or thereabouts, and being the whole of the land comprised in Certificate of Title, Register Book, volume 262, folio 100. 3. That section of land situated in the township of Booyoolie, County of Victoria, No. 172, containing one rood or thereabouts, and being the whole of the land comprised in Certificate of Title, Register Book, volume 228, folio 33. Adelaide: By authority, R. E. E. ROGERS, Government Printer, North Terrace An Act to amend the Early Closing Acts, 1911 and 1912, and for other purposes. BE [Assented to, November 21st, 1923.] E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as follows: 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "Early Closing Act Amend- Short titles. ment Act, 1923." (2) The Early Closing Acts, 1911 and 1912, and this Act may be No. 1062 of 1911. cited together as the "Early Closing Acts, 1911 to 1923." (3) The Early Closing Act, 1911, is hereinafter called " the principal Act." No. 1104 of 1912. 2. This Act is incorporated with the Early Closing Acts, 1911 and Incorporation with 1912, and those Acts and this Act shall be read as one Act. Amendments. 3. Section 4 of the principal Act is amended 66 other Acts. Amendment of principal Act, s. 4Exempted goods to (a) by striking out the definition of " Exempted goods therein and substituting in lieu thereof the following be exempted goods definition : as regards all classes of exempted shops. Proclamation in Act to apply to business of auctioneers. Amendment of Early Closing Act Amendment Act.-1923. (b) by striking out the definition of "Proclamation" therein; and (c) by inserting after the words "by retail" in subdivision (a) of the definition of "shop" therein the words "or by auction," and after the word "undertaker" in subdivision (b) of the same definition the words "or of an auctioneer." 4. Section 5 of the principal Act is amended by striking out principal Act, s. 5— subsection (2) thereof, and substituting in lieu thereof the following Only exempted goods to be sold after hours. If shop open, goods exposed to view deemed to be exposed for sale. Amendment of principal Act, s. 12 Minimum area of Shopping District altered to thirty-six square miles. District not altered if boundaries substantially the same. Amendment of principal Act, 8. 6Minister to publish in newspapers date for counter-petition. subsections: (2) If in, about, or from any shop any goods, not being exempted goods, are sold or offered or exposed for sale on any weekday after the closing time fixed by Division I. of Part V. of this Act, as amended by the Early Closing Act Amendment Act, 1923, for shops other than tobacconists' shops, or on Sunday, the shopkeeper of such shop shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. Penalty: For first offence, Ten Pounds; for any subsequent offence, Twenty-five Pounds. (3) In the case of any shop, the last preceding subsection shall be construed relatively to the Shopping District in which such shop is situate. (4) In any proceedings for an offence against this section, evidence (a) that the shop was open; and (b) that goods were exposed to view in the shop or in a window thereof, or were in a cupboard, showcase, or other container which was not locked, or were covered or screened merely with a cloth, paper, or other similar material, shall be evidence that such goods were exposed for sale, unless evidence to the contrary to the satisfaction of the Court is given. 5. Section 12 of the principal Act is amended (a) by striking out the words "one square mile" in the second line of subdivision III. of subsection (1) thereof, and inserting in lieu of such words the words "thirty-six square miles"; and (b) by adding at the end of subsection (3) thereof the words or a proposed Shopping District with substantially the same boundaries.' 6. Section 14 of the principal Act is amended (a) by striking out in the second and third lines thereof the words" and in two newspapers circulating in the proposed District"; (b) by |