LICENSING SESSION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 238, 24 September 1862, Page 5

LICENSING SESSION.

The General Session fortherenew.il ofwineandb-ier and bottle licenses, was heM yesterday forenoon in the Provincial Se'rL'tArj'.s oilice. There were prtsf-nt his Honor the Superintendent (in «he fliitir), Messrs. Dick (Serretary)^-Reynolds (Treasurer), Patcrson, M'Ghiaban, and Kilguur.

(ir'uliran, i'linut-s-street. —Charles Williams . Mr. South appeared fur the applicant, and stated that the house had recently been improved—two large rooms and a kitchen h.tvioer been added. Tl»>re was also a ba*% but not one of the open and offensive kin-1. Hi^ Honor said that the police report was good, and the license was renewed.

B.Uh Hotel, Ucor.ge-street.-—Edward Chory,: This lic jiwts was renewed, Sub-Inspector Weldon Htating that the lic-ii^e was fcmnted aliout two 'months as;o, and the hon^e was a go«l one, although small.

Hubert's Cufe, Princes street. —Madame HubeH : Slr.Wei'loii oaid tbathedid not wish to oppose tlu'a Itcen^p, espeoially as Alii'lauio Hubert \yas ni>t pr<;?;.iiit or rcpveseuteil. But the fact was that thin Cafe had been kept open very late Pome tituca, tind .at other* the duo,- hal been open on Suud ■!}'■», as though tlie ! keeper did not know the restrictions shewasundiv, Attl»e kht meeting, Madame Hubert, Mr HiorJan, and 511" Hiwuiobh, each asked for the privilege of having a supper room, to be kept open to about twelve o'clock, The police would not, as a rule, interfere, if t'/e bouse** were closed about midnight, and theie was no disorder; but Madame Hubert hud {rone a little beyond bounds as to hoius. His Hoiiotdirected Mr Weldon to prepare and subatib a lueitioran'linn as to regulations, and the license was renewed subject, to the acceptance of those regulations. llobert liurns HcU-1, George street.—James Kennedy : Ueeme renewed. United States Hotel, Wrdker-street.—Moses A. Lee : Mr. SVebloii opposed the renewal of thU license. The house had been very badly kept. Tiiere had been a gieat deal of drunkenness, and more titan once he had seen a drunken man violently thrown out of the place. The only favorable report was that for the last month. Mr. l>ick said he had seen, in passing, such things as mentioned by the officer. The application was refused. Aldinga Hotel, Walker-street.—Judali Solomon : Granted.

Wellington Hotel, Moray-place.—Richard Jenkins: Mr. Weldon said he must oppose the renewil of this license. The hou<-e had been very dirtily and badly kept. Mx*. Iloworth, who appealed for Jnikinn, wsui that the street opposite the.house had hitlierto generally been in so desperately bad a suite, that cleanliness was not possible, llis Honor thought that, considering the repeated b»>l reports of the polico, it was undesirable that this license should be renewed. Mr. Ho worth asked for an adjournment. Mr.'Weld(»n stated that one notice had been served for the place to be kept clean. Jtfailed, and notice was then given that the renewal would be opposed. Application dismissed.

Victorian Hotel, Octagon: P. A. Chevannes.—Granted. ■ Cafe rie Paris, Jetty-street: John Rinrdnn. In reply to a question, Mr. Weldon said he had reason to believe that the restriction that there should be no public Lar, and that simply fcuch wines and beers ns w re required by lodgers, should be sold, had been very fairly earned out. —Granted. Robertson's London Dining Rooms. His Honor asked whether this was not the house, on the old Manse site, with respect to which there was some conversation at tbeineeting of the Presbytery. Mr. Dick s-aid that it wns, hut Mr. Gillies seemed to have clearly explained the law of the matter to the Presbytery,—Mr. Reynolds did not believe that they could interfere. Tue Deputy -Superintendent, in granting the lease, took anil expressed the legal view of the matter. , _ , His.Honor, So it set ins to inc. The Presbytery can eject one of its lessees if there is any breach of contract. Mr. Weldon hoped that the earne restrictions

would be jmpose.l in ' thisrease^os ii Ithat of the Cafe do Paris.' iiis.<Honqr agreed, and the license was renewed accor, iugly. . Lang's Otago iJefrcsbment House,'— License granted. - -: ? ; : : ;

There weva twenty-two applications for the renewal of bottle ]ieent>e« : and a* Mr, Weldon soul that there was no complaint against auy one of the applicant*, all were reuewci. - >