LICENSING COMMITTEES.
At an adjourned meeting of the Licensing Committee, of which Mr Fish, M.H.R., is Chairman, he took the opportunity to make a lengthened speech m. reference to the Licensing Act, taking the ground that the Committee had improperly judged 'their powers m refusing renewals. He said the whole spirit and tenor of the Act was that all penalties for breaches of the Act should be extremely severe, but that no man except under extraordinary circumstances should be punished to the extent of losing his license, unless he has committed more than one offence. He added that he had no hesitation m saying that the system of elective Committees was a mistake, and that, m future it would prove a greater fai ure, a greater source of wrong, annoyance, and injury to those interested m its suppression. He then alluded to the evils which would be occasioned by the wine ar d Biirit merohantg and brewess seeking to have their interests represented on the committees, and temperance reformers using their influence m an opposite direction. He was satisfied that there would be more jealousies and heartburnings* m the future than there had been m tb • r»a<>t.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 161, 13 June 1883, Page 2
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197LICENSING COMMITTEES. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 161, 13 June 1883, Page 2
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