SOUTH RAKAIA LICENSING COMMITTEE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1787, 12 March 1888, Page 2

SOUTH RAKAIA LICENSING COMMITTEE.

A meeting of <ht< aoove held In the Town Hall on F<id»y. Present — Messrs Jußter, Oxiey, and Turner. Id the Nbsuuoe of "ha Ohairnaan, Mi' 0->ster presided. Apologies were ma<ie for the absence of \leasrs Lvit ltou and HoUnea.

the police ropo ted fay >rably on all thn ioub-88 m <be die ric r , bnt called ait nti n o the fuc th»t n > proviaiou wag mndd f or dnO^pe m o*3o of fire.

It was decided that eaoh honse shonld be provide i vr.t i one topo ladder and fire r<>pe3. Mr Stringer applied for a transfer ffom lenty 0 iids 1 1 \lexander Frederick Mitchell ftr ih" Oherteey hotel. The police ol j otud to the transfer on she ground thai i .volve moßths ago, when pp ioaut «bb naeoaee of the George a«d D a^on, near Ohristohurcb, he permitted draukennead iv tiia ho.itie.

;Vtr wuing^r an mi ted that It wa< imp y aboard to make such an o jjotion at cue present time, 'fwe va moa na ago, ff hen a o >niuli»iut was made, tbe p 1 o^ dad not thuagot it good enough to m»ke a case, and tan L'.oensing Uomimtiea fo. he district h-d granted a renewal. When Me ftlitohtrli, three mouths ago, applet tot a temporary transfer for tho CWrtßey hotel, the policy etttad that they bad ou bj ocio", ati'i the transfer was gran «d. Daring the three niouthi his ollent had ' ooapied the premiee^, the buaiuesß l\& < neou conducted m a proper mtun^r, and • here were no comp] tiu-e f rota any uae.

Th=) police auomuted th»t at the time the temporary trauhfer w»a applied fur they were uoi wware of uuy thing ttgaiußt applioint.

Tho Bench looked o« the ol j c'lon ai a iriV al one, and the t-ar.sfor wua grao'td.

Accounts werw parsed for payment and the matting ttdjonm* d.