The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1888. LICENSING LAWB OF AUSTRALASIA.
We have to acknowledge the receipt from Mr Wilfred Badger, Barrister and Solicitor, Christchurch, of a copy of his compilation entitled "The Licensing Laws of Australasia," containing, in over _00 pages of royal octavo, the full text (with side notes) of the Licensing Acts of the six colonies of New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, t-outh Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria. Each colony's Acts and forms are fully indexed, and following -the last of the colonial Acts is a digest of 437 leading cases decided in England and the said six colonics. All these cases are alpha betically arranged, and made most easy of reference, every part of each case being indexed under its appropriate letter. The cases of this digest are fully indexed, as also those mentioned in the introductory treatise, Following the above, and as if sufficient had not been given for the small sum charged for the bootr, Mr Badger adds a digest of 218 leading American cases, a single glance at any page showing the extraordinary tact' and ingenuity of the Transatlantic hotel swindler and thief, side by side with well-digested judicial decisions showing an innkeeper's liability in many and various cattes. As showing the thorough manner in which Mr Badger has set about his work, we notice that in every Act at the end of sections there is a reference to the like provisions in the other five colonies, not only the Act being itself quoted, but the sections also.
The cases quoted throughout the work are of special interest to all those who take an interest in the licensing question, as well as to the legal fraternity. The treatise on " The Law of Innkeepers" is an interesting and valuable one. Mr Badger in the preface of his work sets forth that in the early part of 1887 his attention was drawn to the want of some guide or handbook to the licensing laws of New Zealand—licensing authorities, hotel and, innkeepers being often in doubt as to their jurisdiction, rights, liabilities and powers — Government copies of the Statute law being, of course, unprovided with any alphabetical reference to clauses or sections. Mr Badger, with a view to obtain information on the spot, visited Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Hobart, and after conferring with those whose information he deemed most valuable, was able to get the whole of the material necessary to bring his work to what will be found to be a most satisfactory and successful issue, It is the intention of Mr Badger to follow up the work periodically, and he wishes all leading case3 on the subject of licensing laws to be forwarded to him. by those who may be interested in them.
The price of the work has been fixed at 12s 6d, delivered free, and the book is one which will be found to be most convenient to havo at hand in lawyers and Justices' offices.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1903, 27 July 1888, Page 2
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500The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1888. LICENSING LAWB OF AUSTRALASIA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1903, 27 July 1888, Page 2
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