ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 276, 12 March 1877, Page 3

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

, „i„h II to I'i« <»»»* f h ' lS *e I " l' '»• "l-'i""">* cxi..ross.Mi fry »«P ! Himiuliilulil-'' 1 I ! t 0 Tilts KPt'l'iM; OK TltK KVKStSft WAttMipfg JSTARTMN'* *>J*K-At''E COMKDY, 1 "LA W.' t ———- T() bo tVee oe «o«t, every even^ iiiU", iu thlJ tuwn ()f ° utnaru - i'EBSOJf.F.— Lwidloi'd Bui'tnau trA* Kl ' letl; f 'Y' Jr V*T* I. Barroom of the principal Hotel in Oiiniaru, Idled by *ktw« S h«r«. r.,ttFi-w &t:. t.annan behind the I.ai. Tm» Midi.isfht (ETufcer Lamth-r-l). r • Jiow then, latis, yovt must clear nnk' it'» ki'»e to »luit up (Exit tHt.izens). Ftus't' Swti'iut: Let's have another yhws, b °f • Can't do ; beside?, you've had: wii-u«l». »»' 1 i£ E yuU iU,> " 1 ffoulil he lined. 4 _ . . tv E P". : fcfow » I aru a srrn.n;;i-i lioi'ii", Imt Im-ve something to do with ti.e liuuiiHin"- buwiftess tdsewhere, and woithl b(i be informed: of the nature of V-nu 1 bwM and adulations. L ' Well, yeu see, by buudimr a large houiw, and having it properly furnished. I obtain a license. I then have to pay ,*:»> evi'i'.Y year ; but I am only allowed to se'l (luriiur certain hours, and never to a person- under the influence of liquor. lam also bound "of. to allow dancing, uardDliiyiti'C "t '/ambliuy: ot' any kind to ir<. on ta my lionse. If t infringe any of the foi'Koin" lain liable, should an mt'onuatiimdH) laid against lue, to be tined. and lib) jeopardise getting a renewal of my liiionse ; mo yoa see it is best to be on the sulci side. SitcoND Kwtmi '■ Como boss, give us another : just, one more. L : No, boys, can't be done. ion must' vanish. ' (Kxit* Swipes, lioafers. Ac., Ac.) LANor.oitP to R.Bi. P. : Now yovt see rtltl'.ough I am, obliged by law to turn tllosn nu'.ii our.,, they can get drinks at several places in, the town that have no license, in which- houses the very things I am hound not to allow ar,> carried on open I ". ti. p. : But that's not rigut. t "ii pay your money for the privilege of s.'iUu.; spirits, iVe., l-cuig pi'ouusv-vl prof*. ami •• «.. a base mjiMtu?.* thvt sue'' ■ ' !i- • 'n! allowed. I>o f-e f i ; 1 . v nil have the parties ' ,!• , ■, . <; I .. i •• :-oliee bare tri- d if, I .I- t a C"UvlctioM, «l- ---: •!•..• unite corupU-te. tk i> ; ! . :. i' > . with flu Act. R. !',.V, ~~j ,uiii tistl at I t, : I do i.ot know ; but I t.'.iuk it is an tiwl'ul swindle, t must ask you to l-eave new, and it you fancy 1 am ' xaggerating, folkiiv the mi ll who have just lett. ll.l'l. i'. '. I will, a.nd if all you say is current Iwjll look into the matt'-'r, and s 'o where the fault, lies. (l'iX,it It. L. P., keep* iuji swipers atul loafers iu view.) k - ' (' IC N K ft. A, tiotltiing-housi! iu Haniaru. Fruieipal n«iiu tilled- with swipecs, loaters, kVc., vtc, Proprietor behind-a bar. Revival piu'ties playing cards ; and from an adjoining room the sound of music and iliuieiii"' is beard. Tune, t a.m. Kuter 11. K. I*. .8.E.P.: (dassof whiskey, please, Vvopfi'.'tui' : Yes, sir. R. L'i. P,: Is this an hotel? Proprietor : Oh, no. R.E.P.: 'l-'heii how can you sell without a liu'i nse ( Proprietor : Vr'c 11, you- see, there is a suinctliiiv; wriuig with the Act, atul so we take lulvnutauv "£ it, and are cousidetaldy lu'ttcr olf than a<* hotel-keeper, t 'or we fc'tu "ell anything ww like at any hour ; allow canl-playing and gauibling of any kind; also, dancing ; and, if we like, sell litpuu'to it drunken man, without pav-rig »ny license, or being iu fear of tinea_ or ; tmytliing else, I don't argue that it » fair tn the publican* ; but then, you see. we nuist all yet a living, and as 1 hate work, and find I ca.u make a jolly good one at tliis ijaiue, l think t should be a fo<>l if I diiln t. (Proprietor leaves fi. L. P. to swvc drinks all round.. Half the visitors 'W'u dvnuk, and commence to- kick up a .row.—(■ J-vuiifc uproar. —?fo police..)^ (tui'laia drops amidst great confusion.) 2K Mr. F.ditor, E was tlie respectable elili-X'ly party alluded to n tliu above, and «•# I tiii'n said £ would tool? into the iiattin 1 , I have tried to do so, atul from what | imve been able to gather I think that a great imj<l crying shame i» being P^trate, l in your ruidst,one that in any v| '»iT parr. ,«f Xcw Zealand would be at <mci} Put down ah !' and that with such a ®tiuujf hauil tliat no one would be found H enough for a considerable period to »ntrxn«e the law in such a barefaced iiiaiuiov. Sly-grog selling from time immoniorablo loi >ked upon as a grave offence ; this cannot be called sly-grog selling, " l 't is omintenaneed hi an indirect . -.r. so i am informed, by the ■" h v )'".i'- k!h, had the framing of the i.uv. | .... . jr usinesa ia it to see that the ! >a,v '• -i>fi j-.;.v.-, i a altered! • •

2. Wlto receives the money paid for the licensing of hotels I 3. Who supply the lodging-house keepers with wines, spirits. Ac J The first two questions are easily answered — tlte Municipal Council. The third rMptires closer c:opi >rv- •anit be true, as lam informed. that v«-rai of the (tietubers «>E that august body arc wholesale traders of spirituous liquors, and that some ""t' them supply the lodging-house kt-epera! My twrUef tti what is termed commercial integrity b rather of a mild nature, fcj tth thi* i» to** much to credit. Surely no. body* of tit? rt would Inr so base, as. on the tint! hand, to receive from a number t,f their fellow-men sums of inHiev to enable them to carry on a certain business, engaging therefor to give them protection, and. i»ii the other hand, framing the law where by thesaid|>rotection \a to be insured in sttreU a slovenly and irijuiiiciou* manner, that anyone can do exactly what the law was framed t»> prevent them doing: and then, when they find by repeated cast s. carefully got up by the potiee.rtud brought before the Resident Magistrate and dismissed. not at once, (hung what atty honest man would only t,..0 glad to do it' I'laeed in such a |«bitten, rectifying the error. No, »ir, I will not believe it ; it in t»>o monstrous. I must I'M i' been misinformed : for, though I am not generally given to doubting information receive'! irom what I consider a good sf.nrei% I am in thb instance cctnp, i| ,1 to discredit what tn any other ca.sc I would take as authenticate. Ihe fact, however, remains, that •dy-grog-selling is going on m Your midsc to mi alatiutug €'Xtent. and »N.» that it m the duty of the Municipal Council to put a >i"|> to it, fw have titty not virtually promised so t*» do I y receiving the money for the licensing of hotels I " Such being the ease, _ I am sure that, it only need* the matter being brought under the notice of that body to be at once and fur ever put a stop to. 11. E. P.