PAHIATUA LICENSING COMMITTEE

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 285, 5 June 1909, Page 4

PAHIATUA LICENSING COMMITTEE

The annual meeting of the.' Pahiatua Licensing Committee sat in Woodville yesterday : Present : Messrs W.* > P. James, S.M. (Chairman), W. H. . Hawkins, John Harris,.!). Hughes, W. Norrell, and E. Handing. •..■•■■ LICENSES. ' ... /■'. ■ Post ; Office Hotel, Woo.tfville-.— Granted, subject to recomniendatioris of health, officer being carried * out. , Masonic Hotel, Andrew ' Iraing, Woodville.-— Granted,- subject to light .being put over dooi\ r '■', . Club Hotel, Woodyille, P. Dwyer.— Granted.. The Cfliairman subjected , the licensee to a severe/ lectt;Te ofl. t police complaints as to his drinking^ and warned Mm that if these practices continued, his license would be in jeopardy. T. J: Nott, Kumeroa.^— Granted, subject to recommendations being carried out. Tlie licenses for Mangatainoka, all Pahiatua Hotels, Makuri,. and Royal Oak. Weber, Avere granted. # Wimbledon Hotel. — Graaited, subject to recommendations beiug carried out . •■■'.''. \- ' ; Herbertville Hotel, F.. , Mair,— The' Chairmaii said it was perfectly clear the applicant was not a fit ajid proper person to hold a license; -as both applicant and his wife wcreVbfteii irnder the influence of liquor. ; ' Af t«r a very lengtliy deliberation the committee . decided tliat <the applicant tshould have an adjournment for three months, in which they would expect applicant to apply for a transfer. F. Callaghan, Porangaliau Hotel. -^In tliis case the police complained of the habits of the licensee ; the com- . mittee, after deliberating, decided to .grant the license. The" .chairman said the evidence' showed :th««:.-»ppli-'.. cant was ojx t\yo or three occasions in a muddled condition,but liis-wif^ was the' mainstay of the business, arid;Teally conducted the house, and .her- management was all that could be d*»ired. He hoped the lesson would not be lost on the licensee. Aohanga Accommodation House, P. " O'Dowd. — Granted: license fee raised from £5 to, £'20.