COUNTRY HOTEL CLOSED.
——*, IMPROVEMENTS NOT MADE. ACTION BY LICENSEE. [Br TELEGRAPH.— PRESS > ASSOCIATION.I Wellington, Sunday. Aw.]* ai i"v for .1 writ of mandamus was made in the Supreme Court yeMerday by Frederick Charles Cook, publican, of Kiuneroa. and .fames Ltrysdaie, saw miller, of N'ireha, against the chairman and members of the I'aiiiaina l.icrtieing Committee, on the ground that they had acted ultia vires in determining the license of the Kumeroa Hotel I'l'inr to the annual meeting of t!i" Licennin,; I ommittee on Juno 5, 1914, a nntiie was J»'r\ed on the plaintiffs to carry nut (""tain improvements. Tho committee granted tin- license to the plaintiff, Cook, hut restricted the term until September 30, 1914, attaching a condition that the improvements should be effected by the quarterly meeting, to be held on May ':'->. 1914. At that meeting a temporary I" ..,,,,. «,M ziaiiti-d for three month*. Wiii'ii ll.i' n-t quarterly meeting v.'m 1 e'.il mi September 2 the improvements i i i .nt Keen effected, and the committee it ' ■!'■'! that the license would be deterron,..| at the . :,.] of the. month, on the tro-ind dial the requirements of the l.ii i-iimmc; Committee had tint been carried out No notice h-d .it any time been .-■T'.ed op !i<> plain) iff Divsdnle. who was tli.' wr.'T of the property, as to th- mi ] r'tveuient.l rrqu r..d bv the (ommittee. Mr I M !',(_-. who appeared on bel. :i • ; •'.- p',.., ' '!«. 'onlelldi'd Mint the I •'-•.. I -niiiit. e (xceedid it« juris- '• ' •••• i .''ld ' in.' anv sin ii condition v ■, ,-'.,• '-x:' .• I.re-wf.. '! ■■• ' ; ' ('•-' :v. 'i judgment.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15749, 26 October 1914, Page 8
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256COUNTRY HOTEL CLOSED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15749, 26 October 1914, Page 8
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