A LICENSING CASE.
(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
Tbiartx, this day. At the R. M. Court the licensee of the Old Bank Hotel was charged with keeping the house open for the sale of liquors on Sun" day, the 3rd. It was proved that some residents vvent in at an open door some distance fiom the bar and got liquor. The case was dismissed, on the ground that the house was not kept open for that special purpose, but for the convenience of boarders, and residents simply took advantage of this and were served. Several cases were quoted by counsel for the defendant in support of that ground.
On Wednesday afternoon, afc Morrlnsvilla, a large stack of wheat-straw, containing some 20 tons, was destroyed by flro, It was tho property of the Lockabio Estate, and the origm of tho firo is doubtful, although some children wore seen playing around tho stack just before tho flames broke eufc. The wheat had only beet} threshed out soino two or three daya before,
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 142, 16 June 1888, Page 5
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168A LICENSING CASE. Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 142, 16 June 1888, Page 5
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