TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 722, 10 July 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. July 9. Further provisions of the new Licensing Bill are published here, amongst which are the following :—Every person desiring to obtain a license shall give notice in writing to the clerks of the Licensing Court, and affix it on the front of the premises for which the license is applied, at least 21 days before application, and publish a copy of the notification in the local papers. Every application, except for renewal, must be accompanied by a certificate, signed by ten householders, in respect of the fitness of the applicant—the Clerk of the Court to post the application inside and outside the building where the Licensing Court is held. Twelve or more male or female residents within the licensing dis f rict, or any person already licensed within the district, or owner of premises, have a right to object to the granting of a license ; also the County or Borough Council may authorise a person to object on behalf of the ratepayers to the granting of a license. Where premises applied to be lioensed are within any native licensing district, any twelve adult natives, male or female, resident therein may object. The grounds of objections for granting licenses are : —Applicant of bad fame or character, of drunken habits, or has within six months previously forfeited a license, or been convicted of selling without a license within a period of three years, or licensed home not required, or near a place of worship, hospital, or school. It is not necessary to give the applicant notice of objections, but in such case the applicant may demand an adjournment. Similar objections to be entertained for renewal (if licenses. Licensing justices must entertain such objections, and if it appears that a majority of residents or ratepayers in the neighbourhood object to the application, the same shall be refused. Tlie licensing justices in each case to determine what is a " neighbourhood, " for the purposes of the Act.

AUCKLAND. July 0. A private cablegram announces the death of Mr. M'Tee, resilient partner in London for the firm of M'Artirur, Shera and Co., soft gooda merchants, of this city. At the inquest to-day on the body of Mr. Robert Evans, who died on board the Roloma, medical testimony showed that death had resulted from inflammation of ihe heart. Deceased went from tin .Smith three months ago to his friends m Melbourne, W;IS travelling to Dunedin seeking employment. Mr. Baird, the engineer of the Rotorua. was presented to-day with a valuable, gold watch and chain, for his services in securing the use of the Bay of islands coal on tlii' I ni.m Company's steamers, and for his eiibrts generally to make known the qualities of this valuable heating coal.