LICENSE REFUSED.
AN OBDURATE MINISTER. MANDAMUS ISSUED. REFUSAL TO OBEY IT. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received March 25, 10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Mr. W. A. Watt, State Treasurer, refused to issue a liquor license for premises at Edgarton, near Wonihaggt. The matter was taken to Court, and a mandamus calling on him to issue a license obtained. Mr. Watt still refuses to issue a. liceneo on the ground of high public policy. Ho says he does not think the Judge can compel him to issue a license. [Thei Victorian State coal mino i» situated at Wonthaggi.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 72, 25 March 1912, Page 7
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98LICENSE REFUSED. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 72, 25 March 1912, Page 7
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