GRAVE CHARGES.
GRANTING OF HOTEL LICENSES
DEPUTATION WAIT ON PREMIER.
By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, December 22.
A large deputation, representing the various temperance and religious bodies, interviewed the Premier this morning requesting the Government to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate the allegations made in respect to the administration of ths law in connection with the granting of hotel licenses.
Sir Joseph Ward said a grave charge had been made against certain Magistrateb and Justices of the Peace, and it was the duty of the Government to have these charges investigated to ensure that the people of the Dominion should have pure administration. He promised that a Royal Commission would be set up as soon as possible to investigate the specific charges made, but he would not agree to a commission undertaking a tour of the oountry to investigate the general administration of the licensing law.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3077, 23 December 1908, Page 5
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146GRAVE CHARGES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3077, 23 December 1908, Page 5
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