H.B. LICENSING COMMITTEE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7383, 5 June 1895, Page 3

H.B. LICENSING COMMITTEE.

THE ACCOMMODATION OF MAORIS A COMPLAINT BY THE POLjffij ______ s . r *w&s ALLEGED SUNDAY TRAD]|fc^ ~— #$& ALL LICENSES GRANTEI?«

The Hawke's Bay Licensing Commissioners met to-day at Hastings. Present— Messrs Turnbull (chairman), Fitzßoy, Foreman, Thornton, Howard, Harker, Rhodes, M'Lood, and Beilby. W. Stock, Stortford Lodge. — Report favorable; no objections; 10 o'clock; granted. H. O. Caulton, Pao;_.c Hotel.—Required ro-painting outside ; well conducted ; granted, painting to be done before next qu_rte.lv meeting; 11 o'clock. D. O'lieilly, Hastinga Hotel —The Inspector reported thai; the practice waa adopted in thi. hotel of setting apart two or three rooms for the convenience of natives, malo and female, who croatod noises that could be heard by passers-by.

This praotice encouraged drunkeanesa. Neither wa3 there sufficient oautiou as to Europeans. S. Charlton, Railway Hotel.—The police report stated that male and female Maoris largely resorted to this hotel, and were allowed tho u.e of two or three ro.ma, which eucourogod them to drink. It w-is unfortunately a common spectacle to _ao natives the vorso for drink at tola hotel.

D. Moroney, Albert Hotel.—There was reason to believe, the polioo reported, that the sale of liquora in prohibited hours and oa Sunday wua largely carriad on in this hotol, and that the liquor traffic waa not conducted here as it ahould be. The Court decided to consider those cases together, a_d tha Chairman enquired, i'id the Inspeotor object to the granting of these lioens6B ?

Sergeant Mitchell s-iid he did not; he wiahed them to take hoed for thG future.

Mr Fit-Roy wished to call t.e attention of the Court to the report as t) the natives. This waa a vory difficult question to deal with, wl_9n so many natives were iv Hastings attending the Native Laud Couct. They must go somewhere. Iv Eunny weather thoy sat outside the Court, but in bad "woather they had no place to go but tho hotels- Tho landlords wero placed in a peculiar position. They could not refuse tho natives admission, and thoy did not want them crowding around the bar, Aa to Sunday trading, that waa a matter already in tha power of tho poli.o. —Messrs O'Reilly aud Charlton expressed their willingnees to suppress this oauße of compl.iut as far r.s possible. —Mr Charlton said it was impossible to prevent Maoris singing and making a noise. He had Maoris staying in his house from Patea and other places. Should ho deny them the use of a apochil sitting room ? 'Ihe Committee said no, and they did not obje.t to Maoris being in special rooms, .-ii they objected to was excessive drinking in those rooms.

Mr Shaath, appearing for Mr D. Moroney, pointed out that Mr M.ronoy'a olieata were chiefly travellers, men who came in from the country on Saturday evening, and returned on Monday morning. He could not insist upon their returning at 11 o'clock. Licenses granted in oaoti case, but groat caution to bo observed or oxtremo measures would bo takon,

Allan McLean, Havelock—Well conducted ; 10 o'olock, granted.

A. Macdonald, Kuripapanga—Granted. The Bench could not alter tho lioeneo to an aacomraodation liaenso, as the necessary uotico had not been given.

Non-U McKay, West Olive—Mr A. P. Sheath represented theapplieant; 11 o'olock, granted. IS. J. Wairen — Farndon Hotel —11 o'clook, granted. vVaipawa Disiriod—lmperial (Limbrick), Empire (.orimgoour), Uommercial (lieunett), Exohango (Parkinson), worn all ronowod. Sergt. O'Donovun reported ail these p-omia.a aa boing well conducted. W. Chcor, Patangara—Granted. Jno. Pettit, Kaikora—Grunted. A. Ingram, Hampden—Granted. Joseph Stone, OngaOnga—Granted. A. Pickering, To Auto—Granted.