WINE AND BE Bit LICENSES.

Otago Witness, Issue 567, 11 October 1862, Page 3

WINE AND BE Bit LICENSES.

A licensing meeting for considering applications in the twelfth list, was liekl on Tuesday, in the office of the Provincial Secretary. There were piesent his Honor the Superintendent (presidin") and Messrs Diuk, Kilgour, M'lflashan.and Reynolds. The deft-i-ml appliwition-j were first d«alt with. J. H. Nodinjr, Waipori Acrommolation House.— Bush License.— His Honor said that ho wns indisposed to grant this license. The house had given the Government a good deal of trouble, it had nexer been properly conducted, and he doubted whether it was needed. Postponed to the next meeting. JohnProsser Clyde Hotel, Hamplen, MoeraH— Bush License.— Postponed by consent, the house not being- finished.

J. H. Noding, Albion Hotel, Great King street. Mr Cook applied for a wine and beer licence. Mr Weldon said the house had been very respectably conducted, but the license had lapsed, consequent upon an oversight m paying in the money. Mr Conk stated that the trustees were anxious to have the license at once. They were trying to sell tho propeity and there would be a power of refusing to transfer thr* license if they should, which he wns sure they wou ,1 not sell to any one who was noflikely to conduct he business properly. Granted. M Jff Hen . de rson Octagon Hotel, Princes street. Mi Cook applied for this license, which w,v« "-ranted on condition that there was to be no public bar ' b. Jonro .Princess Theatio Refreshment RoomsMr Howoilh, sen., applied for this license. All that was desired was to sell beer and wine in the refreshment room, where coffee &c, was now sold Mr Weldon snid that latterly he had been impieised with the conviction that this room adjoining the tieatre, had .not been conducted as well as it should have been. A number ot disreputabie women, often conducted tbemselvea so that no res-

pectable person could stop there. In several inf>tmce>, gentlen en had complained to him abo-il-the insults to uli eh they !-.i 1 !u -n "i 1 je./c I, withoii t pi«>ocition , ,i."l nii 'it '„; *;n.\r t>ti cm ns. -i a''outtiie »on."i as>> .:.! linu, f.|. vniv w i-s i'nt ncooidinpr to 'the Ivi-lish law he bad' no light ti asiinue any peison tv hu di-io])utab!e. His Horor said ho thought it ext.e'nely disgraceful that tiie police slioui i h.ue torn i'.e sucha r.-port to the Govi-rnniPiit Ho was dsp .',ul to t:.ke a \p\y st"onir view ot such a v, uu of maua^ement, and uo't to emit t.ie Ho'-ii'-e.

Tlie iMan igcr< t tho room said fiat liis reply to Mr Vveldon was that ac-ordiu^ to ilie English hw, he had no licht to know that any one wn-> a disrepntiblc pc hOit, but that if Mr Weldon would slow him who'n to turn out, he 'ao'jH turn th"iTi out. 11-j <li.l not v/i<h to be upea to actions for inleifoiiiifr with pjople. Ml- Howorth «aid that the i latter had net been reporled to ?,lr Jones, who was id. His Honor asked wheilu 1 !- the police ihotiQlit, tint upon Mr Juue^'s pjoni^e imt to al.'ou- tliysJ persons to conii legato in the room, the licms- blu.nld be "ranted. M.r Weldon said he ".hould like to toe Mr Jones in attendance bi ibie unthint; was done. He knew that Mr Jones had been ill, and n.j he'i -v^ I th it l-e would have ti-i^l t) stop the tiiinu, if'th« recent complaint-, had been mule to him.

The application w;w postponc-d to the ne.\t usual meetiii£cd. IV.I 'V. Hi^ Honor n-iiiarkinir that it ie;-lly invohed a p!-incii>le which rt-quiied calm coiibiaeration befn'c act'eii.

Fcliv ie I/wnz-v, Jockey Hub Palnon, Jl-ittray-street. Mr Honth '■aid tluio there wns :i ui'Mnoii.il, tie ssienaturci to which showed at a l'l uno the respectability of the nppli 'nit nnd !ii-» huu-e. The liwn-o was wanted for a i u-^o aii'l co-iif)'. t idl-j room in wliich there were two billiard ta!i!e,, and whn.ii was wellknown to *erv main irontleuien .-v th.» bt^t of itd class ;n; n I'unedi'i. Th Me wa-, in i:\tomio ito coii'luet the room other than ;is a ivln s'nnent r ioin. (Jranted. The following wcie new niiplirations : —

Iloheit Oxley, Waikouaiti

Hubh lieensj

Granted

Thorn.i? Jones, fiollen A^e Hotel, St.ifford sbreet. Mr Weldon snitl that this w.is a new nnd <^ood bcu=e of its kind. His Honor: 1« th^ie a demand for sj;h a hou-~e ] Mr Weldon could not siy there w.w at p;-esent, but tho lumse was noc in an undesirable nl.ace. It wa-. midi.iv botween the iVMin^a mid Marti;. 's Hotel. His Honor s.iid th.it if a license was to be eninfH in every case w here the applicant was respeet.ibK u.i I tim fittings ot ti e liouse were ciid, the E\.eeuti\e would be Kettin»- into a MT.ipe b\-.antl-bv. Kvery second ho'jse wouhl bo lieei"=id Mr Weldon thought it would become ,a milter of 'olectio.i heieafrcr. Tliij house certiiitily oifered 1)8' tor nccommoihition than some a're.aiiv licpns"d. — (Jr.mled.

Thomas North, Otitco Dini.is rooms, Princes street Mr Weldon said that the upper p:ut of this lioum3 consisted of one room, in winch there were IS li"d.s, and out of whi.'h there were five roo us about i fjst by 7 fret caih, with two be is. Mr ?ioith sain th.at the inr^e room was ;$% feet l>y 25 f.>ot His Honor thought tliev n-o'dd not be j istilled in crranting the license until thehoi^e was in a bftt-r state.

Thomas Jai^o. London Hotel, &ind-yit, Waikouaifi.- Postponed.

Charles, Kouertson, Arcade Kestaurnut. Mr Maddock applied for this lii-enso. ll. s Honor said he was opposed, as a pe.ner.il piineiple, to gr.inting licen-os to houses in so Heir, ow a thoroughfare. Mr Weldon slated teat th'j place was a nice r.t'u, frequented by some of the best people in Dir cdi.i. Mr M'lJubbin. the previous occupier, ma.!e a l..ir on tha ground floor, which the police nhjecte 1 to, a* likely to cau^e a % >od tied of drunkenness, s.j.-juj; the ch.tiactcrs wlvi iVequented tic Are'uie. The license w.is jtrjnitcd, but no public bar to be kept.

One bott 1 .-; license was renewed, and sit new ones wero cr.intul.

Hnlieit's Cife, Prince— street.— Mr Weldou snid tint this license was couditioiially gr.uited at the l.'^t meeting. Atiii-.ttlie nl.i?« was opened as a cafe; then a wine and Iver licence wns applied for, and tl.e police ilid iiot oppos" ; but miico thoii what v.\is in eveiy rcs[ eet an. open bar h.id In en fittorl in the aho t ). There wore many ivj.ibuiis whj the po'icu objected, to this. A would i tv>ii L.l mo!/ iuv.i..!ie -.u-li a pi. id- p:operh. The prc'.nivjs «cs nut Miitel for tho tr.i le. ft was alt mother un lush. ib'e th:it thare should be a diinkini; iur in that locdily.

Mr Maddock s ml th.it if deprived of the bar ia tha shop, M.idame Iluheit would have to close the est.iblisliHieiit.

Jt.s Honor fhe was awara « hat would be the result when «!i'' first applied.

Mr M.ulloc-Ic thou^'it there were no such cjuJitions then.

Mr Weldon said that the cnnlitimis lial always existed, but M.ul.ini" Hubert, with her woman! v w.ijr, had all aluutf proumul, and had not carried them out.

Mr M.idlmk sni I that the removr.l of tho bar to upstuiia u.rj'J destroy Hie eouiit'T lim.'heo'i business ami ruin the place.

His Honor : And if if remain", the jj'.nce is a public house. How cp.u it be prevented ? Mr llcyiioltls knew that in tiic d:iy time the place was well conducted. lie lunched there recularly and i-uw many gentlemen taking a sandwich and a friars of ale.

.Mr Kilgour thought Hint only proved that the place w.a^ a bnr to all intents and piirp-ws. Mr Wtldon ouito i.dmitted that the besr c!nss of peop'e in Dunedin frequented the nlace for lm-eheon and other rof!>hmpnts hut there it, .stojd opon for any one to r o in and drink.

Mr Ki'qoiii- I th.it the thin? had been refused to Siinmoi's. and Walton. Why &hou!d it be allowed ia this cii n e' ! Mr Muddick said that Madame Hubert was paying LBOO a-ye.ir rout, and she had decide 1 ih.-tt she must close if pi'e\euted supplying beer and wine down stairs to tho-.e who came' ior a counter luncheon.

Mr Weldon did not object to that. "VVlmt he said was t liat there was a &,ile of nobbk-rs to any one who chose to ask for drink.

Ilis Honor said there must be even handed justice, lie was for ref'iifcin«- to allow the open bar to be continuei, for he doubted not tluit by a litt'e ingenuity, n comfortable counter luncheon room could" be arranged. It wns a^ree-1 that when the open bar had been removed, the license should be pranted.