HOTELS AND BOOKMAKERS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 3, 4 June 1913, Page 2

HOTELS AND BOOKMAKERS.

A MAGISTRATE'S WARNING.

Per Press Association. Wellington,-Monday. At the annual meeting of the Welling- 6 ton Licensing Committee the police reported that bookmakers frequented two city hotels. Dr. McArthur, S.M., chairman of the Committee, said that the Bench Would like licensees to understand that their 'position was that they must use their very best endeavors to keejp their houses absolutely clear of those who indulged in betting. They mußt not only look after the matter in a casual or haphazard manner, but they must be in earnest in looking after their hpuses if they desired to keep them clean. The Bench was not likely to iriterfere with licensees who carried out their business in an upright and honest manner. They knew that sometimes undesirable people got into their houses without their knowledge, but they must keep their eyes open and see that their houses were not used by people who probably were afraid to carry out theiis operations on the street, and took shel-1 ter in an hotel. The Bench had no de-1

sire to be hard upon them, but at the same time the Bench wished licensees to remember that they must be active in keeping their houses clear of such people. The licenses were granted.-