SYDENHAM LICENSING COMMITTEE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2214, 13 June 1891, Page 3

SYDENHAM LICENSING COMMITTEE.

Thx proceedings at the Sydenham Licensing Committee meeting last . Wednesday were somewhat lively. TCis Committee was elected on Frofußitiou lues, and a Supreme CooH a action wai jaJteh! to. bp*ef and to rei tun them frpih htiutftiijtg _ the housis. 1 Cjhe ! triii that iliby ,^|e ; propeny dlecfSd,; bat that tWjf' 'CQuld/hpt *rbfugi; a, license u; ilrtifi objection to ii thaHt was net panted. met last Wednoadi Cor wsrk« Xh«t first < before 4h am waw that who wart|& a . S2 iftl P * dotting r the' chair nihil* I manner : S granted, Ipf f f Lawrence 4) 3 man fron, !ihe : ■; bdd^^:- : o|s i jected to it: ;He f^p|^^ttt) r tb9 r { clerk dec landed a before he cefuld i man: t,r . ?|iri> 1 •tamps, wh^h; maxi came he did no l 2, anrUud alt •: A-petition|aigaed b|jt 46 persons-for, and. one pgned -by 2% fbrnaj^lind, % , males latinot grahting the renewal; ? L were presented, and then Mr Stringer, ':' | the lawyer, said he was at a to knew whht to do. By-and-bye Mr Inspector ’, Pender was called as a - witness, and the clerk again demanded Hjajpllirg stajnp. Mr Pender said he hftd no money, and Mr Stringer pledged his personal guarantee that the stamp would _be provided. Then Mr Ponder refused to. commit himself to on opin|pjras to was or Was not wanted, and thenase was adjb&rned. 'Q-eorge Harper next jpplied of BarahHiOcki,,. wop|Tfor a r^^raegajH^©.nl^’,2V;but a petition was against match a Prohibit |||j|||l( * Mr Harper on the license) ant up by the 'WSirMan^-felting them, in the most «WBR^IHFS»eS6Br to Joseph pjpks^lo):.whom Mr Hoban appeared" with a petition signed by bfgiftg tldt n Mtf Dicks lad invested^.Jarge sum 4n th&'hotel, and if it was shus he would be ruined. Fifty persons.fligne.d.a.pstition against it, and Mr Dicks pitted . his owp-against-them by alleging "tlaf the •eus wh67ti^dbd; % were, TjtfflT ’tfBSL JPftdg ?.uns”.. Tli», tlei "Committee to 2 o'clock; I ■jyh«i,!ifeeliDg--'hungry,--they; rbtirfedj’j having''adjourned • the 'casd.' , On .re*. Burning there was a u set-to ” amongst the lawyers as to whether a certain document was in accordance with the siIMRMi aomßL4»Eieying*dt-Tsbarßd-the-fete'-or the nthgsa. .Tho., qaso m ,Qf William. the 1 Crown Hotel, was reviewed, and that of TbHn Hare Taylor taken up;j when a T.- H.■ -laylor Ob’-' jected on several grounds, apd after.a Itihgcfoßs-eiamination «harged : him trading. ‘,Vxj'exi...came •rwCSftldsmith, of the - Lancaster’ Arms, who was backed lip 1 by lawyers and a petition sign'ed By rilembers of atbletjp .clubs jto- the, number of 1800; against it came a petition signed by 52, supported by. a Mrs Miller,, wjlP. swore, her husband had biten killed .by-drink owing tp ; the, pVbximilT * of .the hotel He used to get ariink there'bn Sundays and. come: home and abuse her, Mrs Brighcmore. and .Mrs, Skilling- used - to get drunk there- The' licensee denied this) and Mr Inspector Pender said he thbfight'Mrs Miller was “a little bit tUiiched in the head.” The chairman, Mr'lritfcj replied; ‘1 We can pardon a

woman being a littlo touched, when her husband is in th® lunatic asylunr from drink.” The case was put by with the others. Charles Heath, of the Sydenham Hotel, made the usual request, but Mary Ann Squires objected, on the groudd that she was’ supporting the wives and families’ of’ men who were drinking in the house, and, in reply to a question, she, “thanked God for being a v Prohibitionist.” After it was proved that the house was within a chain and a-half of the Salvation army barracks, and when witnesses were examined, the chairman ominousjy' announced that the Committee wohld give*-their decision orfthe following day. • —i r On the following morning the/Cotr 1 inittee met again, when the Chatfnm at, i (t£e Eev. Mr Isitt) saidr they |fil}n 1 themselves "in "an uausaalL positior. They were elected as Prohibitionist !, but were restrained by the decision c f Judg&,Dennistoun, and as law-aßidin y citizen! they must abide by it, Th 3 decision! however, did not proven t thdpi taking into consideratio 1 .whether Excessive facilities for drink - .ing be restricted, and they would take Unto consideration thn proximity,, of hotels. •H© then at - bounced that the licenses the Clu) ahd the Baheaster Park hotels *-bef the final decieiim to Monday, th j 22 n'H: In it: : GPhe fallowing ia a sattpl 3 ■Of the- way tB'S? other hotel license 3 HetEat: lieliUpp,^:. ift thht ftfr the Kirfjfhtdfri Hotel, 1 ,,X)oea anyone appear ? Mr Harper: I appear for Mr? Batiey, | rThe chairman: i Ifljthil ;the Committee, of their own motion, are of opinion the licnesing of ihe premises is net required in the neighborhood, JDo you apply for an adjournment, Mr Harper ? [ : I apply b|J tub our I'ld. - - ] B|i» iidjonmed/tmtil ■ wityowffi * nxy all the hotels ’werfe I 4s*ded ti e objectio^fTtci grant e will be beard I—ip l —ip-— ’