THE LICENSING QUESTION.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1266, 4 June 1896, Page 28

THE LICENSING QUESTION.

At the annual mooting of tho City Licensing Committee to be bold to-mor-row, tho following transfers will bo applied for-.—Queen's Hotel, Lanibton quay, Henry Colo to William Tucker; Club Hotel, Lanibton quay, Emily Downos to Robert Darroch ; City Buil'ot Dotal, Lanibton quay, John T. Orr to Robert Venn Lodder; Barrett's Hotel, Lanibton quay, Arthur Hibbel to Albert White ; Britannia Hotel, Willis street, Robert Keid to C. .1. McCarthy ; Masonic Hold, Cuba street, Michael Killcon to Thomas Kirk wood ; Foresters' Amu, Ghuznee street, Hugh McClelland to Herbert Walter Worger ; City Hotel, Clyde quay, William Frederick Ambler to Christopher Lynn ; Cl.ydo Quay Hotel, Clyde quay, Michael liiggins to Archibald Merle! ; Iri.icoss of Wales Hotel, Tory stivc-l, Aifrod'Coles to Patrick William Corbey : Caledonian Hotel, Adelaide road, Andrew H. Bonnie to Alfred Iron Masters; WaveiT.y Hotel, Newtown, Patrick Gleeson to George Young Dennis ; Terminus Hotel, Courtenay place, William Killery to Alfred Crossey. Napier, Juno 1. At the meeting of the Licensing Committee to-day tbero was an application to license the Esplanade Hotel. There were formerly two hotels at Taradalo within the Napier licensing district. Ono was closed and brought to Napier, and is being re-oroeted with largo additiaae on Marine parade. Tho committee was asked to grant the license. There was strong opposition, numerously signed petitions against the license being presented, but tlio committee granted it by 5 to 2. CiiHisTcnuitcH, Juno 1. The Christchurcb Licensing Committee to-day granted renewals in all cases save threo. Two were adjourned to allow of improvements being carried out and a third was adjourned to enable notice to be served on the licensee to whom the police objected as not being a suitable person to hold a license. Dunedin, June 1. At the meeting of the City Licensing

Committoo to-day, all applications for renewals and transfers were granted, a word or two of caution being given to one or applicants. The Beuch refused to grunt any extensions beyond 10 o'clock. The consideration of tho applications for wholesale licenses was deferred.

Holders of bottle licenses applied to-d ly to the City Licensing Committee for renewals. The Bench, after hearing counsel, retired, and on returning, announced that they had come to the conclusion they had no power to grant the applications, which were therefore refused. It was intimated that tho matter would bo brought before the Supreme Court in the form of a mandamus.