Licensing Court.

Patea Mail, 16 June 1881, Page 4

Licensing Court.

The quarterly sitting of this Court was held at the Court House on Tuesday ; Mr Wray, R.M., Mr Lysaght, and Dr Croft being on the bench. Applications for renewals, for transfers, and for new licenses were dealt with as follow ; RENEWALS. T. Haywood, Albion Hotel, Patea. O. M'Kittrick, Central, Patea. W. Odgers, Australasian, Patea. F. Mullen, Masonic, Patea. D. Balium, Commercial, WaAcrley. J. Woolslon, Waverley' Hotel. S. W. Nichols, Waitotara. F. Eillers, Railway Hotel, Waitotara. W. Gallagher, Manutahi. J. O'Sullivan, Wharncliffe, Kakaramea. D. Hurley, Woodville. NO DINNER. A complaint had been made against Mr M'Gregor’s management of his hotel at Norman by. Mr H. J. Honeyfield, a J.P. at New Plymouth, wrote to the Bench complaining that on Sunday, April 3rd, Mr Syme, Mr Norman, and himself went to the hotel about two o’clock in the afternoon, wet and hungry after travel, and asked for dinner. Mr M'Gregor said dinner was over an hour ago, and the servants had gone to church. Mr Honeyfield asked if the. servants had taken the key of the pantry. As they could get no no refreshment, they went to another hotel. Mr M'Gregor now stated to the Court that it was a quarter to three when they asked for dinner. He told them dinner was over, and they then turned away and said nothing. They did not ask to have refreshment of any kind. If they had said they were willing to take what was about, he would ha v e got them bread and cheese or something. Mr Wray 7 • What is your usual practice in these matters ? Mr M'Gregor : The regular dinner hour is half past twelve. Mr Wray : If a traveller came in an hour after that, would he have any chance of getting, anything to eat ? Mr M'Gregor : Yes if he would take his chance. Mr Wray : I am told you are rather prompt in these mutters ; that if a person is not there exactly to the minute he stands very little chance of getting anything. Is that the case. Mr McGregor : No ; quite the reverse. I have been keeping a public-house sixteen years, and this is the first complaint I have had. Ido not keep a restaurant, with meals at all hours. Mr Wray : Perhaps there was shortness of temper on both sides. The Bench will renew your license. T. Lloyd, Man a! a. H. Cook, Empire, Hawera. John Prosser, Hawera. A. G.Brett, Imperial, Norman by.

TRANSFERS.. The license for Owen’s hotel, Hawera, was transferred from Arthur to Hugh Owen. Joseph Wilson applied for transfer of his license from Ketemarae Hotel to anew hotel which he proposed to build at Normanby. He had submitted a plan of the new house, and said he expected the Bench would express an opinion before he built the house. Mr Wray : It will be time enough to apply when you have put up the house. Is there room for another hotel at Norraanby. Sergeant Cahill : There are two already. He seems to think it is a better position than at Ketemarae. Mr Wray : There is no objection at present, so far as we know, but we cannot bind ourselves in any way. The present license will be renewed. NEW APPLICATION. A license was granted to Price’s accommodation house at Mangawhero. • It was stated that L. S. Price is unable to spend money in making the house suitable for a hotel, but he intended transferring the property as soon as a license could be obtained.