STEAM PACKET LICENSES

Evening Star, Issue 12623, 30 September 1905, Page 12

STEAM PACKET LICENSES

AUCKLAND, September 29. Robert Goodison, formerly a «tew«i'd> on the ooanbaJ steamer Kotiti, vns charged with having' broken the conditions at steamers' packet license by liquor to one Petersen wr*fl« t*h« veesel wa3 abtxudxed to the wharf at Waipu on Arlgwst 26. The captain of the steamer, as holder of the license, had already been fined in respect to the same offence, and Goodison pleaded gvflty. The Magistrate fto defendant): I suppose you were in this position, that although the license is in the skipper's name, you buy drink and make a profit on it yourself? Goodifon: Yea. Sub-inspector Black: This man bad instructions from the captain not to sell liquor while the vessel was ait the wharf. His Worship-: I fined tlie captain fairly heavily, whereas, as a matter of fact, you were the cause of his getting' into trouble. It is 4 question whether these packet licenses will be continued or not. If this goes on they certainly will not be. I sin satisfied that a pretty lively and disgraceful state of things went on once at Waipu, where there are no hotels, and people used to get liquor from the steamer. The Magistrate described the offence as a mean one, because the captain had been fined when it was not his fault. He fined Goodison £lO and costs, or a months imprisonment.