CREATING A LICENSE.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1586, 11 June 1920, Page 5

CREATING A LICENSE.

STRONG LOCAL PROTEST

(Per Press Association.)

TAURANGA, Last Night

At th.e annual meeting of the Tauranga Licensing Committee to-day, application was made and granted for the renewal of the accommodation license at Maketu. Application also was made for an accommodation license 1 at Matamata, where no license now exists. Mr H. A. Sharp,., representing the applicant, A. Montgomery, applied to have the application adjourned till July Bth. The intention, he said, was not to pay the fee for the Maketu license, thus allowing it to lapse, and license then being available, application would be made to grant it at' Matamata. The application was opposed by the police, Mr Black, boardinghouse keeper at Matamata, the Glaxo factory, and several other petitioners. Mr Richmond, appearing for Mr Black, described the application for an ment as a piece of legal trickery, and strongly opposed granting it. After lengthy legal argument, the committee decided to grant an adjournment in order that a full committee could deal with the matter, one member being absent to-day.