TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 February 1916, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[l'Kll PRESS ASSOCIATION.j lit ITIALNU JLIQ IjOil 10 you ma. .Utinodiu, icsUrday. ■All i>tii'ihok>uiOi\ a„vt v gave jiiis retoen cd decision on a poim raked by tile police qui tb.; liiarmg charges alleging uic supply ui liquor to person appu ready under the. age ui yeats, as t« whether the publican is not responsible lor lire act! of .his barmall, though acting conir.uy u> instructions, evit it lie luuiselt is proscat in the houje ami exercising general control over hiis business. 'Mr liai Uioioiuew said that in his t-pillion tile eliargo against the ucousov.ior e>upplying euuid only bo *iUpport<»o u lien liio it; uie personal act ol tnc iicenseo or ids delegates. 'liio deieiukint had given instructions to liiij servants not to supply liquor to anyone under ago. il a licensee'?, authority is not delegated, lie only i-. liable for the supply winch no allows. At must therefore be with the knowledge or connivance 011 his part. In ttie present ease the dcleiniant was engaged in the u.ctivo conduct ui his business and could not be held to have, delegated liis authority to ihe barman. - The case against the licensee would ue dismissed. -Mr \V. Fowler, ol 'lhreo Kings road, has given three sous to the sorvicc oj the Empire. One ii at Isiualia, one is in training, and one its just Mio amid -ffie sixty thousand. employees at "W'oohvieh arsenal, working twelve hours a day and seven days a week. He relates that a small army oi gir!* collect the Junches brought by the~>e munition makers, and return them 10 each man at the proper hour, nieely sorved and warmed if need he.—-Edoll j Gazette.