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MANAWATU LICENSING COMMITTEE.

The first meeting of .the recently constituted Manawatu Licensing Committee was held at the local Court House on Wednesday. There were present: Mr J. L. Stout, S.M. (chairman), and Messrs R. Bryant, 11. G. Hammond, W. Murdoch, J, H. Perrett, and J. E. Walker. . NEW LICENSES. Charles C. Price applied for a license for the Junction Hotel, Sanson. The police reported that since the applicant had been in the house he had been convicted for exposing and selling'liquor after hours.

Constable Wilson, of Bulls, stated that the hotel had been conducted exceptionally well since the applicant had been there . The convictions against him for breaches of the Act were obtained during the first three days he was in the hotel. The residents of Sanson state that the house was at present being conducted better than ever before.

The license was granted. - J. W, L. Mills, for whom Mr Bergin appeared, applied for a license for the Railway Hotel, Turakina. The Health Officer reported that repairs ordered twelve months ago had not yet been completed. The work had been partly done, hut the' licensee stated that as there was only one builder in Turakina it was difficult to get work carried out as expeditiously as in other places. Constable Manley, of Marlon, stated that' he had inspected the house, and the work ordered was being satisfactorily tarried out. License granted.

P. Bunbury applied for a license for the Bon Nevis Hotel, Turakina. Constable Manley staled that everything in connection-with this house was in order, and the license was granted. J. H. Raymond, Rangitikei Hotel, Bulls. Everything satisfactory. License granted. RENEWALS. Leonard R. Freeman applied for a renewal of the license in respect to Whyte’s Hotel, Foxton. Constable Woods stated that the new building was not quite completed. The present license expired on June 30th. He understood the building would be completed by this time.

Mr Bergin, who appeared for the applicant, said the contractor could not give any guarantee as to when the building would be ready for occupation. He was at present held up for joinery. Mr Freeman said ho could undertake to open- the bar in the new building by July Ist. Inspector McKinnon said the travelling public 1 required accommodation, and every effort should be made to have the building ready by 1 lie end of June. He suggested that the application should lie adjourned for a month to allow of the building being completed.

The Chairman said Iho license would he granted, but the licensee would have to he in occupation of the bar in the new hull dins: hy July Ist, and every effort should also ho made to get some of the rooms ready for the travelling - public hy that date.

In connection with the -application of Willianr McKoggvfor a renewal of the license of the Alhion Hotel, Shannon, the Hesiiih .and Police officials reported everything in order, and Mr Murdock said that this house was one of the best eonducted hotels in New Zealand. The renewal was granted. Michael Moynihan applied for a renewal of the Manawatu-Club Hotel license, Shannon. It was reported that there had been two convictions against this licensee for treating and selling liquor after hours. Otherwise the Health Officer and Police reported everything satisfactory.

Mr Murdock said that the applicant had held a license for thirty years, ai)d these two convictions were the only ones against him. His hotel was conducted well. The renewal was granted.

. IV. H. Hoskings, for whom Air Bergin appeared, made application for a renewal of the license of the Criterion Hotel, Bulls. Everything was in order, and the license was

granted. W. A. Flynn applied for a renewal of the license for the Endymion Hotel, Awahuri. It was reported that there were two convictions in connection with this hotel, both nrising out of the same set of circumstances.

The license was granted. APPLICATIONS AD JOUR NED,. B. H, Beveridge, represented ■by Mr Bergin, applied for a..renewal of the license of the Post Office Hotel, Foxton. The Health Department reported that certain repairs and improvements were required to the building. Mr Bergin said that notice had only been served on the licensee on .May 25th to have the work carried out", and it was now under way. Constable Woods stated that some of the repairs had been ordered by the Otaki Committee twelve months ago. A start had now been made with same.

It was decided to adjourn the application until the next quarterly meeting of the Committee, the work to be completed in the meantime.

The application of Percy Lnmsden tor a renewal of the license of the Manawatu Hotel, Foxton, was also adjourned for three months, to allow of the recommendations of the Health Officer in respect to repairs to the building, etc., being carried out. Mr Lumsden said that part of the work ordered had been compiei-J ed, and the balance was in hand. FAMILY HOTEL, FOXTON.

Thomas Curran, ior whom Mr

Cooper appeared, applied for a license for the Family Hotel, Foxton. The Health Department, reported that some small repairs (papering, etc) were required in portion of the building. The police reported that the applicant had been convicted for selling liquor after hours, and for sup-, plying a Native with liquor for consumption off the premises during the past six months, and that there were also two other charges of alleged breaches of the Licensing Act pending. The applicant was also subject to drinking habits, and in the opinion of the police was not a lit and proper person to hold a license.

The Chairman said the Committee had already considered this case, and were of opinion that the applicant was not a fit and proper person to hold a license, and the owners must get a new licensee. The application would he adjourned for three months, hut the Committee wanted it clearly understood that Mr Curran would not be granted a renewal.

MISCELLANEOUS. Mr Cooper, on behalf of the Licensed Victuallers’ AssociationJLnado application for permission for hotels in the Manawatu District to put out their outside lights at 9 p.ra. There being no objection, permission was

granted. Mr Cooper also asked that in future the inspections of the hotels by the Health Department and Police he made earlier, to give licensees an opportunity of having any recommendations carried out before the annual meetings of the Committee.

The Chairman said that the Committee felt that licensees ought to know when repairs were necessary, and should keep their places in order without having to be compelled to by the Committees. However, they would recommend that the inspections should be made before Urn end of April in each year.

■ The Chairman said that it had been brought under the notice of the Committee that some licensees did not always provide accommodation for the travelling public when same was available, and licensees should know that this was an offence under the Licensing Act. The hotels were; there for the convenience of , the public, and if the Committee found that any licensee was refusing accommodation thev would sec that

he was removed. Another matter that the Committee desired to bring under the notice of licensees was the quality of the liquor supplied. It had been stated that in some cases this Was not up to standard. If the Licensed Victuallers’ Association did not take (his malter up and see that the liquor was kept up to standard, sonic stops would have to bo taken to safeguard the interests of the public in this connection.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2136, 5 June 1920, Page 3

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MANAWATU LICENSING COMMITTEE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2136, 5 June 1920, Page 3

MANAWATU LICENSING COMMITTEE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2136, 5 June 1920, Page 3

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