Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1884. LICENSING COMMITTEES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 85, 7 March 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1884. LICENSING COMMITTEES.

Ijiceraing 1 Committ>es take the opportunityjbf boldly speaking .outitl^i^m^dis^lieptpcpasion calls for pai'ttetrtar'i'emar'kT "By the Wellington vpaperk fc&- observe'that at'*fe6 meeting tfon to j-lhe? lifotficfc JrepW& on^pTilkc4ots^%#> fesai&i did not a£ | ord . ihe information required by the 4J4fch )|#otij{jiy(»£ the / ;ApfolsS«'tihey w ere wii(ten m very general terms, and all -vlory i^6rsnslraiKfMlVR >t '|"AMES Smith, of the rost Office Hotel, was reported &hWi)Mti§M)\&l &>nW£& of Sunday oW l wm d £p^AmWJ r $A c ' fa* committee mig^t-fatai tdaftpuppose that 'tlTSgt m the tiwn .ately th^wfiijetnot so mnoeent as all I tllal, Hst *wa'sia vtell-known fact that TcnT;lfe*lio"telff* supplied liquor on Sundays, and there was no means of nre--Sfiniingii.- lii_\vas__iiuiaicio..pick jonte one house m this way iv the report, jand there was also some reason to dqubt vriasker, when informations were laid, Jra&mere always against the grea test i|iraMKs3. Another house, the Uiion had the usu«\ re'Smpfyte tiQtoxnplamtSi'-Q&tbß re»Mmt.jßut say thalTlie eviaeno^i with the recent inqi lesii Olga Stenesse, formed^, a vetystrong ground ot complaint m.?, deed. Here was a girl left m a room , Jjor five orYSts^honrs inp; state of stark •*Uidity,&anTl nLiffei ing most inte nse agony, without any other attends nee Miller, who was no relation o'fhers, and his friend, -a A cab-driver, although there were sevjral women m the house. The commi :tee_ b^dTtteTpi^fQit dp&iitrar^bgut renew ing the license at the next session, unless 'fjtt|\wucaEw|ucied m a very diffeient » vilunner trmn that pursued during the ; Jasfc few weeks, and it wou'd, perh ips, bo as well for Mrs HARDnra to transfer^ 5 h^llfeenWbefore "thßi'ifnnualJ .meet ng. T The chairman went onto say, m reto the Star Hotel, that om- " plaints were likely to arise with reg ard tp. the state of the premises. He gave, w'attnirg tlM^nl4issith&'totta©^je|eVue a m thorough repair, there would be i lonsiderable objections to a renewal of tiie license, trusted that the inspe itor e woui«f ltiok after it m the -meantime.. . The_conimittee were fe^ 0; licenses. The Mayor then made a few 18 remarks on the same subject, and i ally t @oj&f^)?^Vjt&s & Qhairman regan ling \jQ)Ssflrt«iefuiitr^^ntnt of the ban mid at the Union Hotel, In alli;din< ; theStar Hotel, he said it did not vefieft^edl^%C^fiTae.Xfe^i4j; hat j£e*er-al well-educated young nen were allowed to sit there until tw> m _,selves. into a state of delirium treir eijti, 'wiVbf^whom had,in consequence, fclftfi^ from a window at 2 a.m. This sta ;e^ £ a Yfiftftft&43iM 0 Setr 2 .BeiLSal^stell W e and it was the dntr^BP? vie police to roport »uoh mal^B^j We consider .that m thus plainly eSthe Lam ff Licensing Committee d«d no more iliSn? simple duty. The gentlemen djjjpmposing the committees are supposed to exercise a due amount of intellig ence , 'i*i(|idi!^vimini£ion m dealing witl the 11 applications that from time to time J fcj^«dfli&n. fiy^ufck^eyoxftjc too i^Q-gpasinii^te r ii6flu#jharge theic ftuty • merely as a m ittejr '<■ (SPi&iiafiWtid without ascertainin Yfo ilttiemselves ttyat justice is being do MMqJ the l^cpnsed victuallers M as a body. Vfe cqmi ifik^ the pbservationg Quoted above t( gffiW mreii^lß'^ o^^Uwnsing Oommi tteps this dietnet, L,et .lieta-

«peak and act t imli^nendonbly, conscienKonsly, own observations, an^^^ 1( | V i^Pil|' ifjSL l^ c a , be'^^£iakad(rami.s|r§^rij)tj sOTc clauses their opinions, speak ou^vten it is necessary, either ra,praiso^ l oi < <- £easure, exercise the strictest impartiality, and \allow|n|)f^d6lde|i^er&ErfeT^a8 r th«vr W yumisVeTdice^iil*'^" " own consciences~wiTl norrejirovktneiiT for duty neglected, or for convictions a^ fl . R<^. " n tllfi P lpa P f ftxpftflifi^fiy. „,, |MW JTT .^'A'Oli