Quarterly icensing Meeting.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 201, 12 September 1894, Page 3

Quarterly icensing Meeting.

A meeting ohmbers of the Masterton Licensing B«n»ak held on Friday Inst. I'Airt A houses. 'I he report oia Inspector at Pahiatua was read anti rcredia satiafaciory terms te moat of thiotels. In oae ran* he recoaamoaded % a fease be erected to hide toe back raises, as he considered that il wa« h that tbe werel scenes coriaoctod witdrinking were enacted. He ponied otvhat the alterations required at the kuri Hotel had not been faithfully reed out—in f;iet the direction* of tlftench had been flagrantly disregarded. TBXVJ.Ak VIII HOTRL. Tita Clerk j a l documents showing tuat the ongii i t» usee of the Mak&kahi Hotel had dsrted, that a lease of the , premise# hadeon granted to one Georg# Dyson, and aerrnit had been granted by Messrs Daws and Stewart to sell liquor till the sad ahe quarter. Tha Chairnu aaid it was na ost improper , that a parrui should b#* granted as it had been. The hotel had virtually bean removed froi the control of the Bench. As Magittr* and Chairman of the Bench he bad ia*u4 no cert.heats to the man Dyson. TLs Clark >u answer to toe Bench, stated that t.srs was no appli**tion for a permit or a ransfer. The Ben<s inform'd Sergeant MArdi# that tnsrc »a« new uo liaanso to tlie hotel, and mstrn'tad him to lay an information against hr Dyson for Helling liquor witbooi aheenee Mr i’ovnall, on bahslf of his proiessiou. said ha understood Inal it was necessary for a Magistrate to give his certificate to a*y aew liewnsee, wuelusr a permit wai, granted or oat. Tiie Chairman said ha would not express an opinion on that point, hut if whst Mr Pownall had said was correct there was an additional reason wuy a permit should not have been granted. Tha Kaaeh decided to require the lie* ns** of the Makuri Hotel ton Fend the m*< ting on Thursday w**k to * plnin Ina »•*• »,son for not complying will, toe condition* regarding improvements. T;ie uppi.cation of Pahiatua publican for su exleasiois was refused. Star.