ANOTHER LICENSE REMOVAL CASE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 130, 5 June 1902, Page 2

ANOTHER LICENSE REMOVAL CASE.

PEK PBESS ASSOCIATION, ■Blenheim, June 4. Groat interest was manifested in the ques f ion wlrcli catne bffore the annuil meeting of'ie licencing Conmitiea to-day, r jilting to an appliraiou fjr a new pmlia house licensiin Blenheim in place of one lapsed at Djfp Creek, forty miles away. An application had a'fO he n put in for the revival of tie li e'B' lit Deep C e k. Th« Blenheim ca-K \v sco i!ii ioI Numerously >.igued pi.titi ns aga-i st granting th new license in 'o ci «ere received from raiders e.nd the temperance and ona fr >m tho P 1 rous distr'ct potasting against the proposed r mow; A. number ef Blenheim pnb'icani als > lodged objecting principilly on t4. grounds that they lud expended m ney on thoir proper y on tlw stivng h of the vote at the Ist 1 cal op iou poll that the licenses should remain as tlity were. Odo of the lawyers appearing for the o jeut.rs p oco ded to c.ill ovidene as ion puva'o s made by c i ttii members of the ommitten, a> d i sk»d on i witu- ss if it was tiuo h h d oll'erdd ore of the member* illOO. Wi n(-t*s d n : ed the sngs.e-tion, and ])r. MuAirthui- (ohiMi-nau) said ho could not itllow that lit e< f questioning. One m"mlier a 1 stiin< J frou voting because he \v s brother of t? e applicant. The application was ed, the chairman and another vct'i g ajainsi it, and three in fnvonr. It wi* i .limited an npp al wo i'd be m He to th*Supieuie CcTurt.