MANDEVILLE.
At the adjourned meeting of the Mandeville Licensing Committee, all the members present, Mr McConnel appeared to apply for a renewal certificate for the Boyal Hotel, Woodend, and took objection to a formal notice not having been given, but ultimately, at the request of the applicant, he withdrew the same, and called H. Lee, who gave evidence he held a lease of the premises for five years, with a covenant during that timo not to take any other hotel. He had purchased the furniture and stock for £500 a year, and the owner had made improvements in the accommodation. Twelve was the average number of weekly boarders. Mark Thompkms, owner of the hotel, said it was mortgaged, and to Bell now would mean ruin. The income from the rent was tho support of himself and three children. Win. Scoone, a farmer, and Win. Knott, a resident, gave evidence the hotel was required. Petitions Bigned by eighty residents and fiftytwo stockmen, and a resolution passed at a public meeting were put in. Mr McConnell addressed the Committee at length. The members retired for some time to consider their decision, and the Chairman, on the Committee resuming, said the ratepayers had shown by the election of the Committee that the hotel was not required. The evidence had shown that five-sixths of
the residents were Good Templars, and that there were only 130 houses ia the Woodend district, therefore the license was refused.
MANDEVILLE.
Press, Volume XL, Issue 5857, 21 June 1884, Page 3
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