RACE CLUB BOOTHS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 721, 21 January 1910, Page 6

RACE CLUB BOOTHS.

1 DISCUSSED BY A LICENSING COMMITTEE. : A special- meeting of the Hutt Licensfcg 1 : held' iat :-/Petone:..;on - '•' Wednesday, Dr. / M'Arthiir presiding. '/ Members of > the': Bench present • .were: -'■// Jlessrs-' J. Cotton, William -liiglis, .Orton Stevens, 'and. J.: Cudby. ' The business .///before -the , ; meetii]£iwas..an.: application from Mr. M'Lcod, an. hotelkecper , out- ./ : > side the Wellington Licensing District, to //■:' Bell -,liqnor :the .;refTeshment; : 'booths of meeting..'','; ' Etatcd tllat /-in /October - last, applicant purchased/ from: the Racing/. Club ■ .the right to-.sell liquor.- at. foui':consecutive /'..^Tace-.;meetings. At that time, he was *' licensee ■of- an hotel ■at -Waipukurau, and ivas; not. aware .thai "the Bench had some ■ time ■ previously - resolved that. conditional /"-/licenses* at iaoe;' ineetiiig9. should be, is-

sued only to licensees in the Wellington' district. In the meantime. ho -had; -/■-''become■ committed to-a .liability' of £700 gftfifqr/'.the''; purchase'. of "the from Sj/¥tho;dub; ,/Under '.those'.■ circumstances, it ;=i;':/%Mv]iecesM^.'for^;.'liim :.to/make,'an/ar-i} ■ Tangement • with Mr.- Shortis, licensee of >.-i:. - the .Princess Hotel, who -was; . made a partner' in'"tHe. venture. ' That' ..! '.was shortly .before the.iirst.of the. foiir meetings, ' and . .the. second "meeting .was // 'i/otUy > a/fe'w ' day 6 O£F. ; Thesecretary "of lis:..the Eacmij Clnb had signed an'affidavit l''i:Jit6''ftho"...WMt;!that , satisfied:/witK/the-salei.'toVMr;;; Shortis.,. If ./•• the" preknt. application was., not.- enter- . tained it would not only; throw a very '- / heavy liability on his clients, but would also upset tho arrangements,.-of:the .Racing Club. •iw-w.-itri; Stevens .said. tha: >if -'-the Racing :n ; ; . Club sold to a licensee outside the ;Wclpjjyiiigton.: ; districty :<he" failed': to: : : see s how i the ;/;/:? jpurchaser ; : c'ould/bo/held . liable:; in:. .the. V.;; -evont;;of a.-licenso'being'refused:''' :.' Tho 'chairman: 'They. have, sold somethings which' they .had no-power, to: sell:" -/■ The club, ho auded, ■ had been- informed i'V^'"®^i'fis'*-Iw>^tipn^ii-;regard;;'tp".' : ithe".i6suo ."of . ' licenses. Ho did not think that either ./. of: the lessees, need. be. afraid',of forfeiture K&'pf 'the';j)iircliase : ;moriey :/■/•;', 7^K;ft;i;,The^commitee/considered // //■tiOjn -in cominittee, and; after:some discusthe'.chairman intimated, that the: ,Bench had■ decided .not-to be > harsh It 1 / ../Xas ;'propared ,:td issue a licenso to the applicants for-one .roeelinK-.only—that of distinct' ~under-' jg;,etoiding/that 'the tehveen ; ~ M'Leod"and• the Eacing Club. would bo ..cancelled. The Bench, continued Dr ;,; . M Arthur, _felt very sore about the iuat- .. urvSO much so" that if; any similar diffi--;present^' conimitteoV had 4';-t.aecided/ to•;.■ decline to 'grant:,any''cohdi-' ' S?1 al licenses to tho Wellington Racing vlub. ' The matter was now in the club's sf -r'xpvra ,hands.!;/;In /granting the'ipermit," the ,® 0, » n ; lt « : ? had .been influenced;in its z the 1 fact jthat 'it' was 'so' near ,;:;; ~,tte date of the, meeting; ; If it had hot ; tor. that, membera . would have P ke n a very, different' view of the matIk i' , ' •