LICENSING CASE

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1799, 3 July 1906, Page 2

LICENSING CASE

COMPLAINT AS TO WAIROA HOTEL

When the ease of the Wairoa Hotel vras brought on for hearing at Napier, Mr Cresswell, appealing for the licensee, said that he thought that even if all the allegations that were embodied in the jonstable s report were true.' there was not enough weight ip them to warrant'' tin? committee in refusing the I'icense. He would remind the bench that this was Mr Poyzcr’s thirty-third application for a license, and lie hoped that it would be j granted, even if a caution were added, as in the previous case. ponsttjJpe Lpfee, from Wairoa, read his written report oil tips house, as subipitted at the annual meeting qf the 'bench, am] said that the statements that were made therein wore all true, lixonjinod by Mr Cresswell, witness said that in his opinion, [ and taking jnto oqnsideratiqn (he conduct of the house during the past twelve months. Mr Poyzcr was not a lit person to hold (dip license of the hotel. He had told Mr that lie should be more careful iu supplying drink to intoxicated persons, Mr P, PonifiG, called by Mr Cresswell said that lie had been in and out o Wairqa a good deal, and had stayed al Poyzcr’s hotel on numerous occasions, He had always found the hotel woll conducted, and had not seen much drunk-

enncss. J. W. Sargisson, auctioneer, deposed tliat he had been at Wairoa for twentythroo years. He had been in the habit of calling at Mr Poyzer's house very frequently during that time, and always been well served. In his opinion, the house was a first class one of its kind. In fact, it was a superior country hotel. He thought that Mr Poyzer was a fit ( and proper person to conduct the house. He had found Mr Poyzer to be extremely particular in observing the statutory closing hours. Arthur Poyzer, licensee of the Wairoa Hotel, 'said lie was the owner of the property, and’ this ' was' Ids' thirty-third application for a renewal of his license’.

I He had often asked Constable Luke to walk through the hotel when there were Jiny football matches on, as a deterrent to no'fsines;, Ifvjt ‘tlfe cc/n.haljle had never conic. Lord Eanfurly had stayed af ljig house, and, 04 leaving, had rccqnnnended witness for the condqct of his house, the excellent furnishing and the general treatmerit the vice-regal periy had receivedAfter a retirement, Mr Brabant an nounecd that the license would he renewed. Mr Boy zee was severely cautioned, and warned that if the‘ police

■eports were not more favourable in

the future the committee would take into consideration the advisability of changing the ligejiscu of the housQ. * ' 0