INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 165, 10 July 1878, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[■iVRKSS AGENCY,] Wellington, Tuesday night. .Further provisions of the hew Licehsihg Bill are published here, &m<rogst Miieli are some of the following -^"EVtery person desiring to obtain a license shall give notice in writing to the Clerk of the Licensing Court, and affix it on the front of the premises for which the license is applied at least 21 days before the application, aad publish a copy of ' the- notification in ,the Meal papers'.'''Every applicatiobj except fer renewal, must be accompanied by a certificate sigued by ten householders in respect to the fitness of the applicant ;;-«!,Tbe Clerk ofthe Court is to post applications tho insider and outside the «< m ng , where the Licensing Court is held." ""•*-.• A » or more male or female residents' within the licensing district, or any person already licensed within the district/or owner of premises, will have a right to object to granting a license ; also the County or Borough Council may authorise a person . to objection behalf ofthe ratepayers td grantwjg.the hcense.V~« When' the -premises applied to be licensed are within any native licensing district, any twelve adult natives, ™ a t e -* Dr „m, m * ,c ""Wonts therein, may object. • The ground of objections for granting licenses are that the applicant is of bad fame or character, or of drunker? habits, or nas within six months previously forfeited bis license, or beenj convicted of selling without a license Within a period of three years* or that a licensed house is not required, or that it is near a place of worship, a hospital, or school." — it is not necessary to give the applicant I notice of objections, but in such cases the I applicant, may demand an adjournment."— Similar objections are tb he entertained for ' the renewal of licenses "—« The licensing I jostices must entertain such objections, and if it appears that the majority of fche residents or ratepayers in the neighborhood ob-' j ject to auy application the same shall he refused. — « Licensing justices in the last c 9"; to determine what is a ••neighborhood for the purposes of the Act." Auckland, Tuesday night. r ,r PI ?J^ c c * b fe«n«n announces the death j of Mr M'Fie, the resident partner in Loadon ! of the firm of M'Arthur and Co., soft goods ' merchants. x, £ a I ?? aest wa * &eld to-day on the body of Robert Evans, who died ou board the Rotorua. lhe medical testimony showed that death arose, from inflammation of the heart. The deceased came frotp the South three months ago, and has friends in Melbourne. He waa travelling to Dunedin seeking employment. Mr Baird, the engineer of the Rotorua, waa presented to-day with a valuable gold watch and chain for his services in securing the use of the Bay of Islands coal on the Union Company s steamers, and for his efforts generally to make known the qualities of this valuable heating coal.

The half-yearly meeting of the New Zea£u fi *? surance Company was held to-day. Ihe Directors reported that, notwithstanding the increasing competition and reductions in rates, the x?et premiums amount to £101,829* interest rent, transfer fees, and increased value of investments, £12,575;* losses, paid and outstanding, £76,932. The Directors deem it prudent, in view of tha extension of the Company's business in the two Pacific States of America, to set aside a spm of £350,000 towards the creation of a reserve fund, m order to further strengthen their position should exceptional losses occur in these districts .or in any wooden towns in New Zealand. From the available balance of £18,873, the Direotors recommended the payment of a diyideud qf 15 percent, which leaves a balance' of £3873 to!be carried 1 forward. Christchohch, Wednesday. briber particulars regarding the murder at Oxford, show that the deceased woman had excited her husband's jealousy by being too friendly with a man named Barrett who lodged with them. That Hoffs complained of the infidelity pf his wife was very notorious in the Oxford' district. Barrett left the house early on the morning of the murder but whether any quarrel occurred prior to it' no oue knows. Hoffs is about sixty years of age, and has latterly been much given to drink. ' l The sale of the Lenwood estate of 52 acres one mile f rom.Cbristchurcb took, place yesterday. It was. divided "into quarter-acre sections, and realised £18,432. Three years ago Mr Brittan the present owner purchased a large portion of it.