ALEXANDRA HOTEL LICENSE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 154, 30 June 1914, Page 5

ALEXANDRA HOTEL LICENSE.

A COXDITIOX.U, TM-TXKW.-VL. The adjourned annual meeting of the ParnH! Jicensriiifr 1-ommit.ree was held y<\-tprrtay afternoon, whpii Timothy Connelly applied for h renewal of tbo puUHctni's licence, in < - onnwtion with ibe Alexandra Hotel. The euainnnn saiil lit 1 thought the mcc.ting was called to «nabk> another applicant to apply for the liop.n-e. lie frit .-lire the <-ommittep. would not perniit the present licenepe to hung on to pnrtF. I Mr. Hal! Skelt-on *aid hp propose,! to call evidence to show that thf li<-eii.-co wa.* a proper prn-un to haw the liepii-p, diepitn the report. l -: liut llip chairman reminded him that the effort of pvideneii hy the po!:<e before tin , eoirnnitlea would prnb.-i.bly • >•• much more damaging than evidence lv.--ii in ;i ,-onrt. Mr. Skcltnn «aid the matter mrans :: lot of money to h:> Hicnt. iilmuc £2001. The (Thairrnan: Is ihiit not arrnn"----al.'-V Mr. MoVra<rh (iv, r ;;,,- ,;wncr>): We imrc not Jipph appronchoil on that n«P M-t. Aftrr discussion. Afr. rrall Hkclton ami his client a.m-ivd to conU-r privately with Mr >lc\"eajrh ani] the owners on tii'e matter of financial iirran-procrit. .Vftr r tbc ponfprenor, .Mr. R/McVcaih (for flip owners) siibuiittPd tlic result. The loaee, ho n.i.id. had oriirina-lly hcori foT live Tr.trs from April. 1912. and them vtju a bnmis of £400 7kiid by tlie lir>t :rese... Connp.lly had in'at th,. Uefriniiinw of this year, payinp; a honiis o? ill.fiCin. Th,. propi)«il t!ii> (rtfniTs maJn n-as tlrafc they were propajed to Oonnelly 3iis inoiipA- iink. wiEh ii. reduction of a. ipTi>portioit:i.tri amoturl for the five montits jonv sinri' ho took ;>• f=Bftssion of the Ivmifc That offor. ihovr-<-vcr r <lid not sorbin ajrrCH>nib!i- to Ooitnelly. An all.pmath-i- proposal was made, rii<ler tl'.n lease ithe owners hail the riyhb to determine tin- |pa.-c I>\- two months' notice in ■writing. Connelly dp-t-irrd that ihp lieerrse elionld lip al'lWpd liim [or two nionfh-. during -which timo lie vnalil endeavour io «--r-H out. Tf the. CommittPß were aprreeaijle io that the ownr-ns would dr.terniiiie 1 ho le-.ise within mvo months, jioi.ir<» 'Hall iSkelton said willing io un.Wtak,. tll.i.t I,U c\iox7r. i,hoiil,l «o out within two months. aTi,[ on Ure nndprtaJdnj! o-f l>ofh p,n-lin~ to this pfiect, the Oom-mitirr Bjjrfed i<) thf license to (jonnelly.