Wellington Licensing Committee.

Manawatu Herald, 9 June 1894, Page 3

Wellington Licensing Committee.

■ ■» The above Committee met on Wednesday and the Chairman said the Committee had decided to refuse licenses to the Provincial, Jubilee and Ryland's Hotels, and that all other licenses would be granted for 11 p.m. He was desired by the Committee to draw the attention of hotolkeepers to the fact mentioned by the Wellington Suburbs Committee, that at any quarterly meeting the Committee could cancel the license of any hofcelkeeper who had not conducted his business in a proper manner. He also wished to point out to the hotelkeepers that it was not necessary a conviction should be obtained in the Magistrate's Court before a license was cancelled, and that the Committee could act in coming to a decision on evidence which was not strictly legal. He wished hotelkeepers to understand clearly that no warning would be given. If they did not conduct their businesses properly the Committee would, without the slightest hesitation, cancel their licenses. The police reports showed that since the Committee had been elected hotelkeepers had shown a marked improvement ; that showed the liquor traffic could be controlled and the remedy lay in the hands of the hotelkeepers themselves. If the same good condition of affairs did not continue the Committee would, without the slightest warning, cancel the licenses of the offenders at the next quarterly meeting. — Times.