ANNUAL LICENSING MEETING.

Press, Volume XIX, Issue 2813, 8 May 1872, Page 2

ANNUAL LICENSING MEETING.

Justices Present—C. C. Bowen, Esq., B.M. (chairman) ; Hon. Col. Brett, J.P.; G. W, Hall, Esq., J.P.; R. Westenra, Esq., J.P-i G. Packe, Esq., J.P. •' General Licenses—Charles E. Bird, Tattersail's ; granted. John Carl, Empire hotel; granted. Samuel Clark, Crown hotel; granted. Annie Edgar, Eastern hotel; granted. Robert Geddis, Rotherfield hotel; granted. Charles Green, Shades ;'granted. Richard Hayward, Rising Sun, Caledonian road ; refused. Francis Innea, Glasgow Arms ; granted. Patrick M'Evedy t; Glasgoff Arms ; refused. Edmund Neal, JBSephant and Castle; granted; W. F. : Warner, Golden Age; granted. , , _i Hotel Licenses.—A. A. Adley, Oifoni hotel; granted. Win. Bowdcn, Walthani Arms ; petitions for and againijt the ?PP' l ?f tions were handed in to thY Bench; M* Joynt appeared for the applicant; r&BSeaJohri Baylee, James Blake, A 1 hotel; granted. Boben Beattie, Warwick hotelV granted. Georg 6 Beattie, QOE hotel; granted. Joan t»n, Empire hotel; refused. (geueraK.lff? granted). Jomes Collins, CpllinetfwW; granted. John E. Coker, CokerV. If*; granted. Hannah Dilloway, PIW/li • granted. Charles G. Dann, GamctW« ' James Feather, Britannia botej, *«"». ,. road; granted. E. Fuchs, WelliagMX; granted. John Fox, Prince :: Ql-, "*' hotel; granted. Henry GarlMji' ™£«c Horse hotel.; granted. Robert field hotel; refused (general license grao* /• Henry Haddrell, Market hotel i • Harris, Carlton hotel; granted. /^ er ' King, Junction hotel; granted. -J«w Lewis, Devonshire Arms hotel; W d Margaret McKay, Charles F. Money, Victorian hotel, gr» VVm. Moir, Central hotel; granted. J-"- ,u R ton, Commercial hotel;. McGuinness, Mills' hotel; g™ nW r n ros d; C. Mullins, Junction botel. withdrawn, and country hotel ce f^ s Qcotg i John W. Oram, City hotel ; granted. _ oeoi| W. Oram, Clarendon hotel r gtenteo.. Oram, Golden Fleece hotel; grantea. Preston, Borough hotel; g 1 *""* 1, j Pa . Plank, Britannia hotel; g™ntoa. • kinfl, Albion hotel; granted. JMdu sell, White Swan hotel; g^7 , hote l; and Sebright, Zetland Annr granted. Randolph Smith, Crown granted. W. Schmidt, Barrel£» Iranted. A. G. Snundere, MfVtite hotel; granted. J. Oram Hart hotel; granted. 1- »• A Provincial h s tel; grauted. , bBridge Inn, North road ; grantedCountry Hotel Licenses.- H- J ' York town; no f J iD9a ffi. The police reported that therej" d t0 cient accommodation * or *<£&£* &• have also bwu made «»/

The Bench stated in the a f g t he last annuals-ftQetufc-: tbßt nnUcaot was cantjoned that the Hcensif the house w::s not welT * K>A ±s the house was unfavorably cond rtTnpon."' and they did not consider tinted there, the application wonld it was wa ° re j oseph Coles, Wharf hotel ; be ref f c j am es Flynn. Wheat Sheaf hotel; F* ta Joseph Hale. Valley hotel; granted. &l U Wolffian, Heathcote Arms ; granted. JobD 7 Johnson, Irwell hotel : granted. TbOl TT n d£e Elleemere Arms hotel; granted. :3 JSL I LaVrcnce. Sohvyn hotel : granted. 5 !S Lawrence, Killinchy ; Mr Joynt d for the applicant, and stated that appeSl bonse was about being buiit contain- * t«-pntv' rooms. Another application iDg made by Joseph Broad ley, for ***. aD d beer "license for the Fame locality. Ir-Worship stated that in this case the, h would have to take into consideration ?J B accommodation to be provided for the * tr, and they would therefore adjourn fT% e applications to the 9th July. J. J. hotel, granted. Phi lip Martin, 6 Horse hotel, granted. W. C. Morgan, tnanui hotel, granted. B. Monk, Courtenay v 27 granted. Lauretz Iseilsen, Royal S Kowai pass. Mr Joynt for applicant, ir.wvnn Williams appeared on behalf of J. tr&ileT-and Geo. Willis, holders of rinsed houses in the immediate neightL,r,nnd to oppose the application on JJ-Soand -that there is already fficient accommodation in the district, 2,-g Worship said that the Bench would jaeAer the three applications together. Mr $Atnt banded in a very iufluentially signed ration in f avor of the application, Mr W«m Williams also handed in a counternltition opposing the application. Mr Jn-J-oector Pender drew the attention of the Bench to the fact that Nielsen was formerly the bolder of a house at Porter's Pass, and that it was not P rO P conducted ; also, that the house for which the present application is made is just in front of the district Shoblhoase. where divine service is held on Sunday. The Bench granted the application'of' George: Willis. JHis Worship said thaWhe Bench would like to fully consider the question; and for that purpose the other be adjourned to the 21st test'" Win. Parish, George and Dragon hotel; Wanted. Edwatd Prebble, Prebbleton hotel; mated. T. H. Ranger, Rolleston hotel ; mated! Walter Spring, Southbridge; granted. J- Slnis, Lincoln ; granted. John faylo'r, Yaldhurst; granted. J, and J. Turfoa, ABhburton.; granted. Thomas Watson, Coortenay ; granted. D. Williamson, Ashburton : 'granted. John Wild, Sawyer's Arms hotel; granted. W. C. .Webb, Bush lan. Biccarton ; granted. Wine and Beer Licenses—William Bryant. Halfway House, Ferry road ; a petition was handedin objecting to the application on the "gronnd thatthe house was not needed in the neighborhood, there being an hotel a short distance lower down the Ferry road. The Bench remarked that there was «^,,-objection,, to, the applicant perMnally, but they would like to consider the application on public grounds;. for that reason the application would be ad—jotfftfed" to tne~2lst instant. Wm.-Bowden, Waltham, granted. James Boot, refreshment rooms, High street. This was a new application, and adjourned to.the 21st inst. forenqtu'ry. Ann Clegg, Addington, granted. John Garland, Manchester street; applicant was cautioned at the last annual meeting, jnS ha 3 been fined once during the year. Adjourned to 21st May for enquiry. Alfred • Gee, Golom'x) street* granted. Richard Hayward, Caledonian road, granted. Peter Seller, Southbridge, new application. Mr Joynt for the applicant. His Worship said that there would be a full Court of Justices atLeeston in a few days, when he would get v" expression"Of their opinion. The application was,,therefore, adjourned to the 21st inst. John Payntin, New Brighton ; granted. ..Georg.e..Tickner, Lincoln road ; adjourned to 21st instant, for enquiry. Conditional Licenses.—Wm. Adams, Windwhistle house, Rakaia Gorge ; the police reported that the house was generally dirty ; adjourned to 21st May, for enquiry. J. W. Anderson, Cass Tiver ; granted. John Chapman, Hillsborough ; granted. Edwin Derrett, Hororata: granted. Jacob Dunford, South Rakaia ; granted. Charles Dunford, Burnham ; granted. Eobert Edwards, Miners' Arms, Courtenay ; adjourned to 21st May, for enquiry. Fredk. Harris, Castle Hill; granted. Rowland Hill, Selwyn Bridge ; granted. William Lawrence, Selwyn Railway _ Station ; granted until the terminus is removed. Wm. Lawrence, Christchurch Railway Station ; refused. D. M. Dougall, Rakaia Gorge ferry] granted. Wm. Power, Upper Waimakariri ferry ; granted on condition that certain repairs are put in haud before the 30th of June. Mauritz de Place, Porter's Pass; granted on condition that repairs are made before the 30th June. George Robinson, North Rakaia ; granted. G. and F. Thompson, Upper Ashburton; granted. John Wooding, Alford Forest, adjourned to the 18th Jane '; police to report whether repairs and improvements are effected by that date. ■ • ;

KAIAPdi. Tuesday, May,7. ... [Before G. L. Hellish, Esq'J, B.M.]

.Beeach of Borough Bye-Laws.—Mrs

E. Capil, the owner of one cow found wandering at large in the town, was ordered to pay the costs of the information, 6s 6d. Assault.— J. King v. W. Mellor. . Mr ting applied to withdraw "the information, as the defendant had apologised. The case •--~sas. allowed to be withdrawn,.__ . Lunacy.—Colin McKay was committed to : ftaiunatic Asylum. Civil Cases—R. Ashworth v. W. Dickie ;

claim £3 13s 6d for damage to wheat promised to be threshed by defendant, which he -''■—ejected to do, and for carriage of a ton of coal to threshing machine. Plaintiff's itatementr was; * that defendant, who .was a threshing machine, agreed to -him a small quantity of wheat at 6d per bushel. He took it to the machine, but it had been left unthreshed ; it was taken to another farm to which the machine had

gone, when Dickie refused to thresh ifc at all, _88 Mr White, owner of the machine, said ~inust first pay some small account fee owed. A witness, named-George Wright, Sated he heard the defendant say if the "■ «heat was taken to the machine, at a certain

place, it would be threshed. R. Ash worth. - called, said that Dickie had refused to thresh ' the wheat after agreeing to do so. Defen--daatcalled Mr White's agent, Mr R. Woodhouse, who stated that defendant oqly had charge <rf the machine, and hearing that wanted his wheat threshed, he

ordered Dickie not to thresh it unless an outwas paid. Defendant denied his * liabßity, being only an employe. Judgment *as given for plaintiff for the amount claimed, and costs, 14s, the Bench being of - opinion that from the evidence there -was proof of his having made an agreement with &» plaintiff, as he, no doubt, had power to do. J. S. White v. H. Somerset, claim £15 ; judgment for plaintiff for amount, and costs. <J. White and Co., Leithfield, v. J. 0. E. Birch, claim £74; the amount had been aeatto plaintifi by defendants' statement on &i Say before the summons was served in *«plj"to a letter from the plaintiffs. It was ' propjed that prior letters had been sent, and *&at the one referred to ought to have - leached defendant sooner. Judgment -was given for the costs, which alone were dis- . Poted. Several cases were settled out of Court.

'ANNUAL LICENSING MEETING. IBefore C. Dudley. Esq., J.P. (chairman). Hellish, Esq., U.M., and E. G. Kerr, Esq: f " Mayor.] • Tte police reports on the licensed houses in ' i district, in accordance with the -- wrntfpf th e Public House Ordinance, were Banded in, and on the whoic considered to us very satisfactory. / The hotel licenses granted were : Z °S :Onm - Pier hotel. Kaiapoi ; W. BurZ. ' f Saiapoi hotel, the applicant promising / *° b **V bis dining room fiuished iv less than J rtni ? ht: H - Middleton, Middleton's -* ;~W. Hammett. Maudeville ■I ' &aiapoi ; George Kelso, Sneyd's Anns, I . " J W. Harris, Kaikanai hotel, Kaia--1 "-fiL'.-'Y- Hood, Brown's bridge; David m -WiJefeell, Saltwater Creek ; John Messent, 1 " .. ,

Half-way House, Moer'aki Downs; T. Methhotel, Leithfield. the applicantl.mg ad vised by the Bench to look an v r ;,,e c-minct of Tiis servants; as" a complaint had b."t-n made.

Country Hotels— The applications granted were-T. Ball, White Crane. Woodeud he beang advised to sec to the leaky state of the roof over one of the bedroom?, with which he promised to comply, intendijig to have the roof roshingled. David D. Cameron. Saltwater Creek, which the Bench remarked was as well reported on as usual. George CHst, riaxton ; Frederick Lewis, Oxford ; E.lward Plough Inn, Rangiora; David Robertson, Star and Garter, Waikari flat ; John Sinclair, Junction hotel, Kaugiora ; W. R. Thompkins. Woodend ; Thomas Wild, Masonic hotel, Rangiora ; W. M. Cox, Weka Pnss.

Wine and Beer.— J. M. Simson, North road dining rooms, Kaiapoi, granted. Conditional.—The licenses of Tyson Hodgson, Ashley ; and Hastie and DroD, Hurunui, -were granted. W. M. Cox applied for a license of this description, as he would be induced to make stockyard accommodation, which was not available at present at the Weka pass to persons travelling with stock. The Bench refused such a license on these terms, and he was granted one for a country hotel.

Adjourned.—The application of John Lea, Moeraki downs, for a country hotel license, owing to the want of repairs to the house, which applicant said would be put in progress by Mr Blackett as soon as the present tenant, Mr Land, would leave, was adjourned. The application of John X,ee, Oxford, for a similar license, was adjourned, to allow of repairs being made to the house: such as painting, papering, and rebuilding chimneys. A contract bad been taken for the work, and the landlord, Mr J. S. White, intended making considerable improvements. Both places are to be reported on by the police at the adjourned meeting.

Special Constables—Tyson Hodgson and J. Dron, and at the desire of the Bench, D. Cameron and J. Messent, also agreed to bt, sworn in as special constables.

LYTTELTON. Tuesday, May 7. ; [Before W. Donald, Esq., R.M., Captain Gibson, H. R. Webb, and His Worship ■ the Mayor.]

Assault —Pearson v. Cummins. The case was dismissed. '■

ANNUAL LICENSING DAY,

Yesterday was the annual day for granting licenses, and the Bench, with two exceptions, granted the whole of the licenses —

Hotels—Sumner hotel, W. J. Mortou. Lyttelton, R. Belgrave : Royal, T. A. W. Parsons ; Mitre, J. W. Julian ; Railway, Samuel Green ; Empire, W. Kiddey; Oddfellows' Arms, S. Pearson; Albion, S. Bailey ; Canterbury, S. Bailey; Duke of Edinburgh, C. Paddeu.

Country Hotels—George Day, Sumner ; John Hunter, Sea View hotel.

"Wine arid'BeerLicense—Royal 'Oak, G. Scott, senior ; Victoria Dining Rooms, D, Lazarns.

Transfer of License—The Bench unanimously granted a transfer of the license of the Dike of Edinburgh to Mr G. M. Warne.

Befusal of Licenses —The Bench refused the. granting of a license to Mrs Mary Dougall, for the Saxon hotel, as the police had reported most unfavorably. An application from Mr Hall, for a conditional license, was deferred for a fortnight.