FUTURE PROCEDURE
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE (P.A.) WELLINGTON. March 24. The Royal Commission on Licensing held a short sitting yesterday morning.
In a .discussion on the future procedure. the chairman, Mr. Justice' Smith, asked if counsel would be prepared to submit observations regarding the evidence when the commission resumed after Easter.
Mr. J. D. Willis, who is assisting the commission for the Crown, said he proposed to produce other Government officials for cross-examination and would then call independent witnesses. such as the R.S.A., and then the Alliance would present its case, and the trade would follow, but he was not closing the Crown's case. He reserved the right to bring additional evidence if required. Mr. H. F. O’Leary, K.C.. for the New Zealand Licensed Victuallers’ Association, said the licensed trade had been placed in the position of defendants and did not feel disposed to place its case before the commis-. sion until the whole of the evidence, including that in other centres, had been brought. It was extremely doubtful if they were ready to proceed in Auckland.
The chairman said the commission would consider the matter further.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21671, 24 March 1945, Page 6
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