The Evening Mail. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1876.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 119, 7 September 1876, Page 2

The Evening Mail. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1876.

CXiMAtir has rendered hmelt* in the pt-piUtei-tr.Et of fonr-h'ijgeel eutckrn*. hn»e- sjiiuimew of nn'l '»t!wr nionftro'Mtipst of the animal and kingdom : she has also reftrtrefl famous in aceonnfc of her Municipal «>F»ti'>r» : hat all her foiuo has N»en cnet in the shade l>y that eanterl on Tweselay for licr in t!i© of a jndieiai tlemion withont paratlvl in she annat* of any lwxK.t:n« a ewte of primitive. It that {)<•►« was given sotns tima n-j* ' y tfi-o fferk ">f the 'Liepnsw? Bench, that (it simttW Iw? IMasd t»y a certain «!ay, to he ItearJ atrl on t?t» r>th Kvptaniber. Appli»T.i)t.i. at c.-»n-»«kr»W© trowhl© an*l Mpus:-. eißpl»y«tl lawyers fc» prepare ami Ww with *he rK-rfe the iwwmjkj' which war* as 1 - «or*ling!y 4»n#>. ami the Clerk tweived Ute tV;s pay-tMcon nairfiaiflicatina. .'\pp!ic!*ii?s all pvtiml thwir rw.-iwctivc

| *«.|mtnre* U~* «»«n»oml* {.raj-ins: ! ! f.Fi- )> tli-v trecnstsv* s»ho»iM i»> groWetl. Tlw : [ of tit® fcccnftitt? t*»»nrt, , ; i*»fsKK:p (Chairman). BosvrtJ. an 4 ( Rkip- aofoinnlv toofc tfwir soat* a? t" ; o-VIWk on Twaday to hear the I ti>rts. for *4 »>\?.«.*- I-ii-f'f w«r« first Ward #wt \jni.«»tv«L : Ah afi'lw-atwm for a Ibnw fV-i- a n-w at tVj mil*?)' termm««, 2C«amr.». vat £'u.>t» next Ward. C»>tmsc-! For .v*- ; I •t-.-unt r-sxf n lem'thy m?mnral and aft»>r ; •■!• •!r»ar so, tut? Cnttrt at soph* i Nn?th, decanting on the rcr|ttirewmU of '■ tV snrl the superiority of tV» ■ fott- ►rt to Ew provided by i?t<r n;>- ! :1»«t h»vtn« roftclmta£ hi.* l;-o intwrmsd In- ihn f.>tm ' fo n rriwti why the liceoje conW not ho '• that a prominent iiies!» K 3r : of ParH.ira«**t htl introduced a Licensing ' l*fl! liail its second reading. E an'! tt-at if «a+ not kn «wn what stag* the " BUt wa* Ctit-n in, and that if it nUitnn»-!.-law it might materially affect t'te status* of the Court, »» that if anything wet* done in the way of granting new j

licenses at the prcsant sitting it might prejudice the Court in the eyes of a certain section of the community j and further intimated that this decision applied to nil the other new applications. Wc rjJtfc who is the prominent member whose Bill has no frightened the Bench, and wtutfc i 3 the section of the community w!to<<-; prejudice is so much dreaded ? V. e ask v.ity t'u; existing law should not be fe:irk'swly adminisi!,rcd without regard to any legislative provision in a mere state of incubation, and wliich may never becoina law I Wc consider it was clearly t!>.e duty of the Bench to hear every application by itself, and to decide according £«. existing law. and not take into consideration .my proposed Act, which in reality has no more force than the provision of a statute repealed one hundred years ago.