LICENSING NEW H0USES.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 671, 7 September 1876, Page 3

LICENSING NEW HOUSES.

C IR, Permit mo through jour columns to t nt'into ft "pu lio q iev»nc>* ; opplioa 1 tinn fo lic«n-e for * • cond hotel in T* Aw mulu having •gnin br«n refused, on what grounds, if any, is b»» known ro the powe r a th t he. 'I he only reason I rnn train the matter it simply "we wont" The house in question is in erery way belter adapted for a hotel than the existin<j one, in fact there is no companion between the two. The app ! icant for a •irenie ii well known and respected throughout the Waikito. I suppose tUey will udmit that keep ng a hotel it * le/itimite occupation. If * man likes to invest hi« money in that linn of business ant put* up superi >r bni dinjs in every war •idapted for the a<cr» rmoda'ion of mm and heist, to refuse a To n*e would, mildly speaking, be a urea' i'ju-iLe. Arc^rding lo tin 1 present »tt»to of things in the ( locality afore-mid, the first step would bo to interview the Conmissioners, cot them in lirirtim ly or collective] y (if tEey would kindly do to) to go into figures di to , amount of probable trade, amount of money you ought to invest in building to piy inteiest on outlay, ifonorli not know thru own business iheir ad rice generally on the management of the concern, and last bin not least, n promise of licn^p when buildiugs weroflni h d. Eren then, fiere nou d be the risk before completion of building*, that anoth t cetof menmightbe Hppointed who respected n t the counsel iini promi-es of their pr.-eecenors. A confilinij man of CDUrse, would have his niorty in a large building. Before l«»t An> val Licersmg Mecing, one jjent'e man of ratlier "horsey" procivitie* (not a Comn.i iiotier) gar.' out thit " three cf u»" had decided that a sec nd licence would not be fronted. F<>r my own part Ihite a decided obj ction to bein? sit upon in this wit, and although not the applicant, I ha»e convuleraHle interest in tho application. Outsider* who do not inov th« aentlemen, misiht icuaeine taey were in some w y mt rest« i. in thcexuting public, and were «tiaimug i point to keep away (ompe'iiion. If there ure any such, let m« nssure the n that there is not the slight eat suspicion of any hing of the kind ; 'ho ro»l rPHion a* fir nl I can learn is, th<y cil ed something by a wrong nam*' some time ago, and vow think they would stultify themselves to call it unything el-e. Even Commissioners may m ike a mi-itak", and own it without loweri ig their dignity. E»erythina being in accordance with tho requirementi of the Licensing Act, 'be applicant ( y vi.w of the matter,) for a lie nse is not so much asking a favour as dema .ding a right, in complying with which, the Commissioners are adding to the revenue aud increasing public accommodation, which ought to be more a mat* ter of consider u ion, than whether it will pay tie publican. Perhaps, after a'l, it may have been out of kindness, they have so acted ; they may h ivo gone more minutely into figures and found out that it would not pay. Asa rule, however, I like to work the.*e things out frr myself ; ask no favour*, and only a litt c fuir lay. — I am, Ac. Wx Cummin*. Hamilton Exit, Sept 6th, 1876.