LICENSING COMMITTEES.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2702, 5 December 1882, Page 3

LICENSING COMMITTEES.

CHRISTCHURCH EAST The quarterly meeting of the Licensing Committee for Christchurch East was held to-day at noon on the Orange Hall, Worcester street. Present—Mr C. A. Pritchard (chairman), Messrs John Anderson, W. H. Lane, and J. P. Jameson. Mr Loughrey applied for confirmation of a transfer of license from Patrick Burke to James Comer in respect of the Victoria Hotel, Colombo street.

Mr Bruges made a similar application in respect of a transfer of the license of the Albion Hotel from Walter Daniels to John Barlow.

Mr Loughrey also applied for a confirmation of transfer from Robert Wallace to John Olphert in respect of the Criterion Hotel.

Mr Bruges applied on behalf of Patrick Gillin, of the Garrick Hotel, for an extension of the license from 10 until 11 o’clock. A similar application was refused at the previous meeting, but the house had since been very well conducted, and probably the Commissioners would consider that the licensee had already been sufficiently punished. gsMr Malet applied, under the 99th section of the Act, that the temporary permit which had been granted to Mrs Beatty to carry on the license of the Palace Hotel, previously held by her late husband, might be continued until probate w r as granted. These were all the applications, and the Committee after a short deliberation disposed of them as follow's : —The three applications for transfers were granted, and also the application in respect of the Palace Hotel. With regard to the Garrick Hotel, the Committee declined to grant the extension applied for. An application from Charles Bishop, A.D., Pioneer Lodge of Druids, for permission to hold a social gathering in the lodge room at the Terminus Hotel on Friday evening next until half-past 11 o’clock p.m. was granted. This was all the business and the Committee adjourned.

LYTTELTON. The quarterly meeting of this Committee was held this morning. Present —Messrs Adam Chalmers (chairman), Reed, Eorbcs, Smith, Webb. The license of the Railway Hotel was temporarily transferred from John McQuilkin to Ellen Graham. Mr Nalder for Mrs Graham.

J. Hodgson, Crown Hotel, applied for an extension of hours from ten to eleven o’clock.

Similar applications were made by the other hotelkeepers. Sergeant Morice said ho was not opposed to the applications. All applications were granted, Messrs Reed, Forbes, and Smith voting in favor of it, Messrs Chalmers and Webb against.

HEAD OF BAY. The quarterly meeting was held on Monday at the Road Board Office, Head of Bay. Present—Messrs John Gobble (chairman), Bradley, W. D. Gebbie, 11. Urquhart.

Sergeant Morice was present, and his report upon the three hotels that comprise the business of the Committee in this district was considered.

The meeting adjourned to the Bth of January, by which time Mr Milburn’s new hotel at Governor’s Bay will be finished.

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HOSPITAL DESTITUTE PATIENTS’ FOND.

The following correspondence has been handed to us for publication: — To J. D. Frankish, Esq., M.D., Chairman of the Destitute Patients Belief Fund, Christchurch HosDear Sir,-—I have been requested by Mr John Ah Tong, of Dunedin, to hand you the sum of .£59 Is Gd in aid of the destitute patients’ fund in connection with the Christchurch Hospital. This money has been collected by Messrs John Ah long, Chung Too Sing, Fung Nim and Loo Sew, from ninety-three Chinese residents in Canterbury, whose names appear in the enclosed list. lam also requested to inform you that it affords the contributors to the fund groat pleasure to lend their assistance to such an excellent institution as the Christchurch Hospital. It may, perhaps, be interesting to the committee to know that every Chinese resident in the Christchurch district has subscribed to the fund except two, who have not been applied to on account of their poverty. Mr John Ah Tong, who is an old colonist and a loading member of the Chinese community in New Zealand, has taken advantage of a recent visit to Christchurch to move in this matter, and I feel sure that the committee will be pleased with the result of his efforts. I am, Ac., John Joyce. Selwyn Chambers, Hereford street, Christchurch, N.Z., Ist Dec., 18S2.

Christchurch Hospital, December 4th, 1882. To John Joyce, Esq., Solicitor, Christchurch. Dear Sir, —It affords me great pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of yoiir letter, enclosing cheque for .£59 Is Cd, in aid of the funds devoted to the relief of destitute patients in the Christchurch Hospital. I shall be glad if you will convey the thanks of the committee to the Chinese residents in the Christchurch district for their very handsome contribution. I attach especial importance to the gift, inasmuch as during the many years I have been connected with the Christchurch Hospital I have never found any of their countrymen applying for charitable assistance.

I am, &c., J. D. Frankish, Chairman of Destitute Patients Belief Fund. An Account of moneys collected by Messrs John Ah Tong, Chung Too Sing, Fung Nim, and Lee Sew, from Chinese residents in Canterbury, in aid of the above fund :

£ s. d. Cutt Chung Hien and Co 22 0 Ung Too Sing and Mali Jerney, -62 2s each 4 40 Woo Ping and Chung Too Sing, .61 11s Cd each ... ... ... ...330 John Ah Tong, Lee Sew, Wong Ye Sew, Mali Ching Noon, Leo Che, Wong We, Gee 80, Yu Ling Quin, Ye Kip, Chew Kow, Mah Gow, Mali Tung Sik, Hin Yung, Ching Kay Sing. Ching Soar Tak, Ching Tung Yin, Ching Fwoon, Mah Too Me, Lee Too Quill, Ling Yung Toon, Taeng Pe ; Lo Koon, Tea Ting, Ching Yet Kim, Ching Sing Kew, Ching Yung Toon, Ye Tong Chung, .£1 Is each 23 7 0 Fung Nim Too, Fung Ki Too, Ching Yet Che, Ye Yu Chung, John Ti, Ye Nim, Ye Lim Chung, Ye Tak Wo, Ye Ing Chung. Ching Wong Loy, Lo Ah Chow, Ah Woo, Mah Gung, Mah Pak Gung, Lo Fo Che, Ching Pang, Ching Yet Hay, Ching Yet Gong, Lew Pang Hoy, John Hung Ye, Wong King, 10s Cd each ... ... ... ... ... 11 0 6 Wong Ting ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Sung Too, Kong Sang, Fung Chew, Wong Fre, Yin Pu, Ye Wing, Leong Yin, Wong . Chung, Mali Sin, John Ing, Ching Hay, Ching Kim, Wong Poo Ching, Wong Tak, Tung Put, Ye Ching Wong, Loon Chang, Lew Hang Ching, Le Nang, Che Yung, Mah Quok Sew, Ching Kan, Ching Hain, Ching Li, Dea Sik, Kong Wi, Chew Thing, Dea Yet Tooey, Ching Poo Ming, Dea Sew Lim, Chung Tim Wo, Chung Yet Hing, Wong Yung Sing, Hung Hok Lee, Lee Too Fooey, Lin Wo Che, Ching Hung Heing, Ching Sing Yet, Ye Sui Yin, 5s each 9 15 0

.£59 1 6