LICENSING- COMMITTEE

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 130, 5 June 1933, Page 11

LICENSING- COMMITTEE

ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of tho Wellington Licensing Committee was held today, the following members being on the Bench:—Mr. E. Page, S.M. (chairman), Messrs. M. Carr, It. Darroch, G. J. Petherick, and W. I. Clark. The following transfers were granted:—Western' Park Hotel, Bridget Firth to John Owen Clay; Post Office Hotel, Stanislaus John Whitcfcrd to Alfred Lulham; Alhambra Hotel, Arthur Meliarry to Winnifrcd E«la Horan; Thistle'lnn Hotel, Nellie Gordon to William O'Grady; Empire Hotel, estate late John James Timmins to Mary Catherine Timmins; Dominion Hotel, Thomas Richardson to John Coyle. Licences wero granted as follows: — Central Hotel, Elizabeth Quinn; Clyde Quay Hotel, Joseph Quinn; Masonic Hotel, Edward Cassclls Harnett; Wellington Hotel, Arthur George Bay ward; Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Patrick William Corby; Western Park Hotel, John Owen Clay; Thistle Inn Hotel, William O'Grady; Albion Hotel, James Archibald Robertson; Empire Hotel, Mary Catherine Timmins; Panama Hotel, Nora Ryan; Alhambra Hotel, Winnifred Ema Horan; Post Office Hotel, Alfred Lulhain; Dominion Hotel, John Coyle; Royal Oak Hotel, James Alfred Duncan; Brunswick Hotel, Robert Berryman; Terminus Hotel, Levi Smith; Carlton Hotel, Samuel Dunn; Midland Hotel, Margaret Catherine Dwycr; Princess Hotel, James Ellery; Royal Tiger Hotel, James Alexander Ward; Cricketers Arms Hotel, Walter Archibald Boll; National Hotel, John Joseph Quinn,' Royal, Hotel, Mary Hendry; Prince of Wales Hotel, Kenneth Kennedy; Imperial Hotel, James Charles Oldridge; Pier Hotel, Joseph Slade; Clarendon Hotel, Randal Welch; Commercial Hotel, Charles Boyle; Shamrock Hotel, Henry Orams; Gresham Hotel, William McLennan;. New Occidental Hotel, William Beveridge; ■Foresters' Arms Hotel, Robert McMullian; Tramway Hotel, Charles John McParland; Hotel Cecil, James McParland; New Zealander Hotel, Horace Lawton Dyer; Grand Hotel, Thomas Coltman; Victoria Hotel, Thomas Weatherburn; Caledonian Hotel, John Darragh; Cambridge Hotel, . Margaret Dwyer: Barrett's Hotel, John Monro; St. George Hotel, George Henry Bassant: White Swan Hotel, Robert Irvine; Britannia Hotel, Victor James Barnes; Railway Hotel, James Dealy; Metropolitan Hotel, Bridget Ryan; City Hotel, Ralph. Stewart. The following wero granted wholesales licences:—Penfolds Wines, Ltd., Herbert William .Preston, Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., the Wairarapa Farmers Co-operativo Association, Ltd., H. W. Moss, Ltd., Emu, Ltd., E. T. Taylor and C 0.,. Led., Laery, Beveridge, ana Co., Ltd., Reginald Collins, Ltd., Gollm and Company Proprietary, Ltd., Hardwicke and Robertson, Ltd., A. and C. Young ("T and W. Young"), William David Dobson, Leah. Mcllraith, Murray, Roberts, and Co., Ltd., Ellis and Manton, Ltd., Walter Edward Reid, Tui Bottling Co., Ltd., Levin and Co., Ltd., Johnston and Co., Ltd. Tho s.s. Rangatira and Tamahine wore granted packet licences. CLOSING OP DINING-ROOMS. • Reference to the condition of a number of hotels was made by Inspector J. Lander in his annual report, and Mr. Page said that several of the houses in the city appeared to have shut up, or partially shut up, their dining-rooms. "We think that one of. the obligations which should be incidental to the holding of a licence should be the making of provision for tho public wanting meals," he said.t "We think that the. keeping open of a dining-room should be carried out as tho statute requires." The application of T. M. Brennan foj renewal of a licence at the Te Aro Hotel was adjourned for three months. "Mr. Brennan has been a licensee for a good many years now," said Mr. Pago, "but this year his application for a Tenewal is objected to by the police, who. point out in their report that during the last six months he had had three convic? tions, which renders his licenco liable to 'bo forfeited. The record put in against him is really tho most eloquent evidence of his conduct of the hotel, for he has had six convictions for breaches of tho Licensing Act during the last two years." Mr. Page said that as Mr. Brennan was Hhe holder of the lease, no doubt an adverse decision of the committee would involve him in a substantial loss, but the com-, mitteo has given that matter some thought, and had come to the conclusion that it would not be proper for them to renew the licence It had been decided to adjourn the matter for three months in order to give Mr. Brennan time to make suitable business arrangements.