HUTT LICENSING COMMITTER

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2556, 2 September 1915, Page 6

HUTT LICENSING COMMITTER

■ The quarterly meeting of- tho Hutt Licensing Committee,' -held' yesterday, was presided oyer by Mr.'W. G. Riddell, S.M. There: were 'also ..present: Messrs. M. W. Welch', J. Cotton, H.; Ryder, , and J. W. M'Ewan. . ; llio chairman"remarked that- the police report- was- satisfactory, as regards the conduct of: the"various hotels. ■ Tho committee had no other comment to make. ■Transfers were granted as follow Family Hotel, Lower Hutt, from tho executors of the. estate ' of; Henry Fielder to Adam John Monro.j: Railway Hotel, Lower Hut t,f ro rnßo be rt Dwyer to Frederick .William Thomas.,

A petition was presented y..-, to tho Houso of Representatives; fe few weeks ago on behalf of . a number of Maori War veterans; how. in' the . * Veterans' Home at- Auckland; who asked that they should be allowed to 'draw not .only tho military pension '.-of £36 per year, but also the old -age , pension. to Avliich; thoy would be ontiUed if they were;.not already dramng the military, - pension. Some of these.old men'are not. without resources; and, some would _be ,destitute but for the pension. This is to say that some of them "'would be entitled to a full old age pension of £26 per year, others would be entitled to £5, per Their , petition was referred in _ duo course:; to the Petitions Committee,' which yesterday; referred the,request-to the/Government for favourable, consid-; eration. : The recommendation was allowed to go forward, though not without debate. It should :. be understood that tho opinion of the committee does not bind the Government, and many ofsuch • recommendations for favourable' consideration"' are never', acted - One grocer, on being asked if he had increased the price of keroseno, said , most emphatically that lie had—to the' amount of tlie duty imposed. Ho only carried a limited stock on account,' of' tho nature of the oil, but he considered it a duty to himself to put up the price at once,, as he was sure to havo about tho samo amount in stock when tho duty was taken 'off, and though he would have then paid tho duty, he would bo obliged' to reduce; his price from tho day the duty, was lifted. An auction'sale will ba held in tho Chamber- of Commerce, Customhouse Quay, to-day,- at 2 p.m., . when "Mr. • H. Kriiest Leigh ton will offer for auction on behalf of the executors of the late Mr. Kainage. a' farm of nearly 53 acre,;, situated at Paraparaumnj it will be offered in two lots. Ho will also offer at tho same time and place; a mixed small farm of 274 acres, situated one and a half miles from Porirua railway station, with homestead and outbuildings,; also a block of 25 licrcs level land, situated in the Waiivetii. Lower Hutt. The two latter proper ties are being sold to close an estate. Full particulars-are advertised- in our auotioiv columns. '. . Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and colds never, tails. ls;6d.* A notice appears- in; our advertising columns., drawing- attention to, the practice of traders and others' using bottles and-jars belonging to non-nlcolioiio beverage manufacturers. . Messrs. Gilchrist and Kidd,'land salesmen, Palmerston North,. advertise a : firstclass sheep , and cropping farm for sale. Tho property is situated in the Hawke's Bay, district. ■ . An -unreserved sale of horses, implements, furniture,. and sundries will be held at,. and on his behalf, Mr. G. P. Stepheson's farm, JDuckley Road, on September's. Messrs. Abraham and Wil- . liams, Ltd., are the, auctioneers. : Messrs. Gorton and Son, Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., have' been instructed by Mr. P. A. Mllardy to sell by public auction on the farm, Beaulieu, G miles from both Palmerston and Feilding,. on Newbury Line, the .following stock and a, large quantity of sundries:— 16 pedigree Jersey cows, heifors, and calvcs, 2 pedigree Jersey bulls, 8 draught horses. The sale will bo held on Wednesday, .September B.' For Bronohial Coughs and Colds, Wood' Great Peppermint Cure, ta, 6d.