LICENSING COMMITTEES.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2548, 8 June 1882, Page 3

LICENSING COMMITTEES.

HEATHOOTE DISTRICT. To-day, at noon, the annual meeting was held in the Heathoote Boad Board office, Ferry road. Present—Mr H. A. Bamford (chairman), and Messrs George Booth, A. Dunbar, T. York, and J. W. Davis. Constable Wallace was present in the police interest.

The Chairman apologised for tho disappointment caused yesterday through several people attending at the office, owing to an error having been inadvertently giren riee to in regard to date of meeting. Robert Fenton, Heathcote Arms, Ferry road (Mr MoConnel). T.oiri wai an application for a renewal. There are nineteen rooms in all. Fenton resides on the premises.— Granted. Counsel then applied nnder section 37 for an extension of the license until 11 p.m., and, in the event of the committee not considering they had power to do so, until midnight. Extension to eleven o'clock granted, the £lO extra fee to be paid, as the Act provides. Thomas Mulling, Junction, Lincoln road (Hals well). Mullins made a personal application. He produced his license, and said there were twenty-four rooms in the house altogether. He resided on the premises.— Granted.

Joseph. Marsden, Heathcote Valley. Personal application. Marsden requested to be relieved from the necessity of keeping a lamp a-light after usual hours of closing the house. Railway lamps were directly opposite, about li chains from the house.—Granted, subject to formally satisfying the Banoh that the advertisement had been published three times; but the light to be kept burning from sunset to sunrise.

G. E. Milner, Sumner Hotel, Sumner (Mr Loughrey).—Granted, subject to formally satisfying the Bench that the adverticement appeared on three oonseontive days. Extension granted to 11 p.m. Henry Piper, Wharf Hotel, Woolston (Mr Loughrey). Counsel stated that under the new Aot he had deemed production of license unnecessary. Indeed, the Christchurch committees had, he might say, established a precedent to that effect.—Granted, with extension to 11 p.m. James Patterson, Marine Hotel, Sumner (Mr Loughrey). Applioant stated that there were no convictions against him. —Granted, with extension to 11 p.m. G. E. Wethered, Cave Rook, Sumner (Mr Bruges). Application for full publican's lioense. Under the old regulations applioant had a wine and beer license. The house had twenty-six rooms, and was almost new. Counsel intimated that the necessity for the application arose through there being no provision under the new Aot for a wine and beer license. The report stating that no urinal was provided, applicant undertook to remedy this defect without delay. Counsel quoted sec. 27, that "all licenses held at the commencement of this Aot, and all lioensed persons and licensed premises holding, or in respeot of which a license is held at the aforesaid time, shall be under . . . this Act;" taken in conjunction with sec. 45, that " from the commencement of this Act no new publican's, New Zealand wine, accommodation, or bottle lioense (except respectively for premises in respect of which a license is held and is in force at the aforesaid time), shall be granted until the ratepayers have previously determined," &o.— License granted, subject to urinal being put rip within a month. ST. ALBANS. The Licensing Commissioners for the St. Albans district sat at noon this day in the St. Albans Borough Council Chambers. PreB enf.—Messrs R. J. S. Harmon (chairman), J. E. Parker, W. H. Lane, H. J. Hall, and R. Westenra. Constable MoGill attended in the interest of the police. Samuel Freeman, Caledonian Hotel, Caledonian road (Mr Joyce), applied for a license. The olerk of the oommittee stated that no proof of advertisement had been lodged aB provided by the Aot. The applicant deposed on oath that his intention to apply had been advertised three times, and that the required notice had been duly posted on the door cf the hotel. The license of the Carlton Hotel was transferred from G. Plummer to P. McDevitt. Philip McDevitt, Carlton Botel, Papanui road (Mr Joyce) made application that he may be allowed to let one of the rooms in his hotel for a newly formed lodge of Druids. The Chairman thought it would be neoeasary to make application each time the room was used. Mr Joyce pointed out that, as the lodge would meet weekly, it would be absolutely impossible to apply each time. After deliberation, the Bench granted the liberty for three months. Mr Joyce then applied for the midnight iceDSa on behalf of both his clients. Constable MoGill would oppose the application, on the ground that an extension would conduce to drunkenness. Mr McDevitt stated that he would be satisfied if the house could be kept open till eleven o'olock. Many persons from the Styx, Kaiapoi and Papanui were in the habit of putting up theis horses in his etabling when coming to Christchurch to the theatre, &c, and closing at 10 o'clock would be injurious to him. Constable MoGill would have no objeotion to an eleven o'clock license. At this stage the Bench adjourned for a few minutes to discuss the matter, and on resuming the Chairman stated that an eleven o'clock liosnee would be granted in both oises, it being understood that the increased fees would be oharged.