KING COUNTRY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVIII, Issue LVIII, 3 December 1909, Page 7

KING COUNTRY.

LICENSING APPLICATIONS.

Itress association.] WAITARA, December 3. At the quarterly meeting of the Taumarunui Licensing Committee an application was made on behalf of Richard Conrad jLawson, of Raurimu (King Country) for a wholesale" license there. . . Mr Quilliam, for the applicant, said that a large petition had been signed by residents in favor of _ the license, but it was not to hand in time for presentation to the , committee. He gave an assurance that the premises were not in the native area, and that there were no legal objections of any kind. The committee retired to consider the question, and the Chairman announced on their return that the committee wished the production formally of evidence showing that the premises were not in the native area. They also wanted to see the petition, and the application would be adjourned to January 14 to enable these points to be met. He added that the petition would have great weight with the committee. . An application was made informally for Mr Joseph Cody to be granted a new license at Ohakune as the present licensed premises- were too small for his requirements. t The committee would express no opinion as to whether a new license would be granted, but suggested that application be made to come before them on January 14.