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The Committee also recommend that the hours of sales should

be extended for newspapers, for meals to be consumed on the premises, and for newly cooked provisions to be consumed off the premises. A good ,side of D.O.R.A. was the reduction of excessively long shop hours, and this shortening ought, of course, to be perpetuated. The Committee think that 8 p.m. should- be fixed as the general closing hour, but, of course, most shops would normally close before then. • The Report seems to be sensible, and we hope that it will be made the basis of the necessary legislation.