MANAWATU LICENSING COMMITTEE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4462, 7 June 1930, Page 2

MANAWATU LICENSING COMMITTEE.

ANNUA L MEETING

The annual meeting of the Alanawatu Licensing Committee was held in the Foxton courthouse yesterday, presided over by Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., (ehairmau). Also present were Alcssrs J. 11. Pen-eft. J. Curran, J. W. Walker, J. K. Honiblow and R. Bryant. R ENEWA L (IRA X'l ’ ED.

The police reports being favourable, renewals of publican’s licenses were granted in the following cases:— Jam-lion Hotel, Sanson (A. E. Jones); Grand Hotel, Levin (P. -T. Barr\ r ); Levin Hotel, Levin (Airs. 11. Hannan): Post Office Hotel, Foxton (11. A. .Mitchell); Whyte’s Hotel, Foxton (W. Kirkland); Alanawatu Hole), Foxton (Airs. N. A. Wallace); Afanawatu Club Hotel, Shannon (T. E. Aloynihan); Albion Hotel, Shannon (J. Curran); Fmdvmiou Hotel. Awahuri (Airs. I. MeBreaty); Criterion Hotel, Bulls (C. C. Price); Rangitikei Holel, Balls (J. E. Flynn). In connection with the latter hotel, Air. Stout commented on the tact that since last meeting l tin* licensee had been convicted for selling liquor after hours on which occasion it had appeared as if a wholesale business had been conducted. He thought the licensee should he more careful in the oonuuef of his hotel.

Mr. Maekie (Balls) who appeared for* the licensee, said that his client had pleaded guilty on the oe■•isiou under review. He had been bleed in an awkward situation. I In* races had been on at Feilding on the day in question and a immher of people called in for lunch dtiring the evening. Had the hotel been a town house the licensee would have had the necessary labour lo sene the liquor in the dining room.

The S.AI. remarked that when the hotel was visited nine people were found in the bar and the licensee :ml an assistant; had been discovered busily engaged in serving liquor to them. -Mr. Alaekic: T can assure you, A our Worship, that votir words of warning will not fall on deaf ears. The S.AI.: I trust that they will not. '■VINE AND SPIRIT .MERCHANT’S LICENSE. .V wine and spirit merchant’s license was granted \V". Bull Ltd., of Levin. LICENSE REFUSED. When Mr. Berg-iu made application for a license of the Family Hotel, Foxton, for Percy Hubert Hickey, Constable Owen said he had to ob ject In Ihe granting of a license.

Air. Bergin said he understood that the police report would be mila(durable and he would ask for an adjournment for three months only there were legal difficulties in I he way as the application was not lor a renewal of a license hut a straight-out application for a license. The S.AI. said that he thought the Bench could adjourn any application for three months. Counsel for the Public Trustee (owners of the property concerned) quoted the Licensing Act in support oL Air. Bergiti’s contention. I he S.AI. said that the committee would allow the licensee to carry on until the end of June. The police report in Hickey's case was 100 bad lo grant an application for .( publican s license. He had been convicted for after hour trading, being drunk in charge of a’ car, (here was domestic trouble and drunkenness in the hack yard oftho hotel went to show that Hickey i m-oiiraged a certain trade about i lie hotel that was not altogether desirable. Only last court day ’here had been a ease against him when he had been very lucky that ihe pi dice had charged him with permitting drunkenness on his premises instead of selling liquor to boarders in a stale of drunkenness. I he committee would only agree to adjournment in order to allow Hickey to get someone else to take over (he hotel. He hail no chance °l obtaining a license himself.

il was decided to adjourn the meeting until the doth of jane when I he case will again .he dealt with, i'llAIRAIA X’S (’(IALMBNT. Before adjourning the meeting, tin- chairman said dial apart from the cases of Hickey and Prise, the 'els generally had been well conducted during the past year and the committee was pleased that that had been the case.