THE LICENSING ACT.
QUESTION OF "RESTORATION." RUMORED DISCOVERY OF A FLAW. run MESS ASSOCIATION'. CiiinsTciiuiicit, December 18. It is rumored in town that a flaw has 'ecu discovered in the Licensing Act whereby it may be possible to havo l'censos restored in Ashbi 'ton. The contention is that the spirit of the law > hieh reqr'res a three-fifths major! 'y in a prohibited electorate before "censes can be rostored is not clearly pressed 1 in the Statute, and that a bare majority of votes may be sufficient to have tho hotels re-opened, though this does not seem to be borue out by the reading of Clause 12 of the Alcohol Liquor Sale Control Act Amendment 1895 dea'iug with tho restoration of
licenses. The matter has ibeen placed in tho lands of a city :" m of solicitors by one of the interested parties.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8003, 14 December 1905, Page 2
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141THE LICENSING ACT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8003, 14 December 1905, Page 2
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