LAND SETTLEMENT. LICENSING COMMITTEE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 808, 11 June 1903, Page 2

LAND SETTLEMENT. LICENSING COMMITTEE.

PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION. HAMILTO*, June 10. I lie Waikato Licensing Committee renewed all licenses at Hamilton except the National, Ciiterion, Masonic, Cambridge, and. Te Awamutu Hotels, which wijl be decided at an adjourned meeting, and the Harbour yiew and Royal Hotels, at llaglan, which were postponed to allow time for repairs, MAKTON, June 11. The Manawatu Licensing Committee met yesterday, aud granted all appliea tions for renewals. Six additional rooms are to be added to both hotels at Shannon. The annual meeting of the Hawera Licensing Committee waa held at noon on Wednesday. Present : Messrs H. Eyre Kenny, S.M. (chairman.^, J. Davidson, J. E. .Wilson, H. G. Pitcher, W. Rowe, arid J. B. Stewart. The Chairman read tbe official letter from the Returning Officer giving 1 , the result of then Local Option I poll, in order to show -the powers of the Committee. Tine result of the poll was, said the Chairman, "as ! you were " j licenses could not be increased or reduced. ACCOMMODATION LICENSE. An accommodation license for the Oeo Hotel waß granted to F. J. Nbrfchc.Qtt. „ : Police report favoyaWe. The fee was fixed at £10. PUBLICANS' LICENSES. ] G. A, M. Holmes (Mr Welsh) ap- [ plied for a license for the Otakbho Hotel. Police report favorable. Granted. J. D. Baabiord ,('Mr A. G. Bennett) applied for a license for the Commercial Hotol, Manaia. ' ' The police reported that the house W»s in a dilapidated condition!, and required rebuilding ; also that the applicant had been fined for supplying a native, woman with liqtyror. The Chairman said the liqtuor had been supplied in ignorance, though i that was . no excuse in law, and the ' license was not therefore endorsed. Mr Bennett said no doubt the house was in a dilapidated' condition ; the whole state of tShe building! being) sufficient to warrant an order, that it be re-built. Sorgeantßerhard, called by Mr Ben- ' nett, said he had inspected' the build- 1 ing, the general condition of which < w,a» very bad. The floors of some of the rooms were much decayed, caused by dry rot. The , woodwork round the sink in the kitchen was in a state ol decay, there wais a smell from bequeath the sink, and the walls in places were decayed. The blocks pn the diouth sidie as well as woodwork I of cellar were also decayed, and. the. •■ chimney in the bar parlor was bad, .the mortar .falKnte away. The ,tofc> of : one ,of the, tan?.s was eaten a way, by rust. « \ ' To Mr Welsh (for the owner), witness said he was aware that -there was a concrete foundation, which he . supposed; would take tbe place of tbe: bloods stated to be defective. ■ : \ - ]jtr . Welsh : read report by Mf Clef - gpn,.* wWdb seated -that p» building could be put in repair, and mention- ,' ing the work necessary. A ney- Ktouae' ( Continued on page 4, J