LICENSING COURTS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2241, 8 June 1881, Page 3

LICENSING COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday, June 7. [Before J. Nugent Wood, Esq. (chairman), G. L. Lee and H. J. Tancred, Esqs., Commissioners.] Renewals.— Messrs Sawtell and Sutherland applied for the license of the Papanui Hotel to be renewed in their name, as they claimed the ownership of the house._ The application was adjourned for a fortnight.— In the application of Frederick Boot, the police reported the accommodation to be insufficient. Adjourned for fourteen days.— James Huron’s rooms were reported to be poorly furnished and rather dirty. His application was adjourned for fourteen days.— A similar adjournment was made in the case of E. Brinkman.—On Mr Kissel’s application being called, the Bench said thoy_ were led to believe that more accommodation was required. Mr Thomas, who appeared for applicant, said Mr Kissel was either prepared to build a hotel or enlarge his present accommodation to be covered by his present license to sell wine and beer. His Worship said, if it were shown that ho intended to build a suitable bouse for a hotel, the Bench would grant a license at their next sitting. The present license was then renewed.

LYTTELTON, Tuesday, Junb 7. [Before Dr, Donald (chairman) and Dr. Rouse and J. D. Maopherson, Esqs,, Commissioners.] Application pob New License.- —Mrs P. Cain applied for a wine and beer license for her lodging house in London street. Mr H. N. Naldor appeared for the applicant. The police opposed the application. The Bench declined to grant it. Transfers. —The temporary transfer of the license of the British Hotel from P. Connelly to John Robertson was confirmed. Robert Grantham, of the Albion, to B. J. Plunder. Renewals. —P, Barry, Cambridge Hotel, Lyttelton ; G. B. Dance, Wheatsheaf Hotel, Head of the Bay, granted on _ condition that the house be painted; Ralph G. Plunder, Albion Hotel j James Bryant Hill, Mitre Hotel; Charles Johnson, wine and beer license; Henry Keane, Royal Hotel; Morioo Milburn, Governor’s Bay, granted on condition that the honse be enlarged ; Mary Moynihan, Crown Hotel; the police recommended the house to be enlarged; granted on that condition; Andrew McDonald, Canterbury Hotel, adjourned for fourteen days; J. MoQnilken, Railway Hotel, adjourned for fourteen days ; Patrick O’Brien, Empire Hotel, adjourned for fourteen days; G. H. Pierce, Saxon Hotel, granted; Edward Pinner, Governor’e Bay, adjourned for fourteen days; John Robertson, British Hotel, granted; W. J. Simmons, Lyttelton Hotel, granted.

EANGIOEA. Tuesday, June 7. [Before C. Whitefoord, Esq., E.M., A. H. Cunningham/ J. C. Boys and A. Parsons, Esqs., Commissioners.] The above Court sat yesterday. The report of the chief officer of police on the hotels was very satisfactory. Renewals. —Eenewal certificates of the licenses of J. Eoberts, Junction; J. Mullin, Eed Lion ; E. Walsh, Plough ; and S. Green, Masonic Hotels were granted. In reference to an application for the renewal of the, license of 11. D. Monk, Club Hotel, the chairman drew attention to the irregularities that had taken place in the hotel, during which the officers of the Court had been obstructed in the discharge of their duties, and also to the statements made, from which it was clear that a person had entered upon the hotel under a bill of sale, and without any license or transfer sanctioned or granted by the Commissioners, had been selling without a license. In consequence of the existing state of affairs, the Commissioners had decided not to grant a renewal certificate for the license of the Club to Mr Monk. Miscellaneous. —An application lodged for the transfer of the Club Hotel to J. Carpenter was not gone on with. An extension was granted to J. Eoberts, Junction Hotel, for a coursing club meeting on the Bth and 9th inst. The .Chairman, before the rising of the Court, said he had to refer to a matter which had been brought under notice, and he had to say that the Commissioners would seriously consider the question of withdrawing the licenses of any publicans who permitted lads under sixteen to assemble in their hotels to drink, smoke, or play at cards. This concluded the business.