A Resolute Publican
A point of some considerable interest ;.- • to publicans Generally lisa., been r*i*+d .bj Mr Owen Humph ries,_lof .the British Hotel, Auckland, , who ha» infused en principle to allow the Licensing Coramittee to inspect his house. Messrs Can% Neal, McKenzie, Owes, and Win. stone, . members of the Committee, called at the British one moraine, and the landlord being upstairs, Mr« Hum* phries showed them into the Parlor. V Here they were interviewed by Mr Humphries, to whom they stated that •• Licensing Committee of the district they had called to make an inspection of- the :- house. Mr Humphries replied that on : principle he could not allow them to do bo, the inspection provided for by the court having already been made by the police. No provision was made by lair for an inspection by the Committee, and hence hjs refusal. The Committee did not persist in their intention, but retired. —Star.
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Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 60, 22 May 1884, Page 2
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152A Resolute Publican Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 60, 22 May 1884, Page 2
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