LICENSING COMMITTEES.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1919, Page 6

LICENSING COMMITTEES.

EGMONT. ,Tlie annual meoting of the Egmont Licensing Committee was hold at Eltham on Thursday afternoon, the members of the committee present being- Messrs. J. W.-Poynton, S.M. (chairmanj, W. C. Clement, M. O'Briefl, H. W. J. McNeill and T. P. Hughson.

LICENSES GRANTED. The following licenses wore granted (without objection): Oeo Hotel (A. R. Moore), Central Hotel, Eltham (G. W. Tayler), Otakeho Hotel (E. Andraws), •Club Hotel, Opunake (A. Brunette), Opunake Hotel, Opunake (A. C. Walsh), wholesale license, Eltham (A. E. Smalley), Eltham Hotel (H. Gant), Waimate Hotel, Manaia (J. B. Dunn), Coronation Hotel, Eltham (E. Crabtree). In the case of the Manaia Hotel, the Dominion Hotel (Kaponga) Commercial Hotel (Manaia) the applications were adjourned for three months, pending necessary repairs. RAHOTU HOTEL. Mr. J. L. Weir appeared for Messrs. C. L. Kaspar and J. Hawkins, licensee and owner, respectively, of the Rahotu Hotel.

Constable D. O'Neill, giving evidence, stated that the house was a very old one, and was in a rotten condition. The roof leaked, the windows required repairs, the balcony was unsafe, and the fire escapes and the doors leading to them were defective. Mr. Weir said it would cost £6OO to have the house put in proper repair, and the owner would not be justified in erecting a new building in view of the fact that a licensing referendum was being taken in November. The committee would not grant the renewal of the license while the building remained in its present condition, and the case was adjourned for three months. At the next meeting the committee would require plans for the complete restoration of the building, or in the alternative, plans for an entirely new building to be submitted. The committee also expressed a desire for the lease to be produced at the next meeting.—Abridged from th* Argus.

PATEA. The annual meeting of the Patea Licensing Committee was held on Friday afternoon. Present: Messrs. H. Graves (in the chair), E. Dixon, E. A. Pacey and W. K. Wallace.

Mr. J. B. Murdoch wrote resigning hi l } membership owing to his absence f 'om the Dominion. The resignation was received with regret. Renewal of licenses- were granted as follows: Jane Hook, Commercial Hotel, Hawera; Mary Cramp, Central Hotel, Hawera; J. Kelly, Dominion Hotel, Hawera; J. Harrington, Railway Hotfel, Hawera; P. J. Pedersen, Empire Hotel, Hawera, S, Moore, Commercial Hotel, Normanby; A. Davies, Central Hotel, Patea; J. A. Coogan, Albion Hotel, Patea; W. C. Hancock, Masonic Hotel, Patea; A. A. Fantham, Clarendon Hotel, Waverley; E. Hart, Commercial Hotel, Waverley. Margarei C. Gibson, Royal Hotel, Hawera; Evie Kennedy', Aramoho Hotel, Aramoho, were granted publicans' licenses.

The following accommodation licenses were granted: E. Goodday Alton Hotel, Alton; Annie Harvey, Mamitahi Hotel, Manutahi; G. H. Quin, Kakaramea Hotel, Kakaramea. H. A.' Haycock, Princes Street, Hawera, was granted a renewal of his Now Zealand wine license.

Johnstone and Co., Ltd., Princes Street, Hawera; Gibsons, Ltd, Patea; Levin and Co., Ltd., Hawera, were granted a renewal of their wholesale licenses.

The following licenses were adjourned for three months to enable owners to complete various requirements at present in hand; T. C. Gormley, Egmont Hotel, Hawera; W. R. Gibson, Ka; Iwi Hotel, Kai Iwi; H. P. Littlewood, Railway Hotel, Waitotara; W. J. Conder, Waitotara Hotel, Waitotara.

The licenses at Patea and at Waverley were granted permission to extinguish theft lights at 8 p.m. The chairman pointed out that although the committee had granted renewals in respect to a number of houses it had to be remembered that sooner or later many of these hotels would have to be rebuilt. These would include the Railway, Dominion and Royal Hotels-, Hawera, and the two Waitotara houses. He hoped the licensees or owners would not overlook this matter.

Mr. G. H. Kyan, one of the counsel engaged, replied that when the licensing question was more settled there "was no dqubt that steps would be taken to rebuild many of the hotels.—Abridged from the Star.