INVERCARGILL SECOND.

Southland Times, Issue 11757, 9 June 1891, Page 2

INVERCARGILL SECOND.

Present ; Messrs T. Findlay (chairman \ F. W. Borne, 4. Watson., \V. Lewis, and D. McJTarlane. The Chainnau said it was needless for him to mAke any r?rowJ« u{«?« tht petitiQA m«(|

in, as ifc bad already been considered by the committee, and was found to be informal. He might say, however, that while the ladies deserved credit for their energy, he though r it would have been more in keeping if they had tried to impress on the committee and the police the necessity for putting a stop lo the sale of liquor by the bottle, which he thought was more harmful than selling by the glass. He was very pleased to see from the police report that the houses in the Second Ward had been well conducted. It showed that there had been less drunkenness last year than for a long time previous, and this fact spoke well for the inhabitants of Invercargill. . Eleven o'clock licenses were granted to Walter Searle, Albion; Alexander Potter, Prince of Wales ; Nicholas Johnson, Southland Club ; Carl Julius Desohler, Family; Jane Surman, Supreme Court ; Hugh McAlister, Shamrock ; Charles S. Brass, London ; Edwin Fisher, Imperial ; James Bridge, Princess ; Frederick Roe, Clarendon ; Thos. Whitaker, Empire; Mrs Helen Tullooh, Criterion ; Alfred Aldridge, Stag's Head ; Wm. Shackel, Family ; Mrs Mary Lang, Golden Fleece ; and Henry How-ells, Railway Hotel. It was decided in each case that street lights should be extinguished at the hour or closing. The Chairman, in making this announcement, said he would like to state that the Bench were of opinion that when the outside lights were extinguished publicans should also put out ths lights inside. The police he thought should see that all people w«re out of the houses at the closing hour. Sergeant Macdonell said be was afraid the chairman gave the police credit for more power than they really had in this matter. The police could not force people to leave an hotel ; they could only take action if they found people there after hours and a breach of the law committed. Mr Wade also pointed out that, in the case of boarders, it would never do for a landlord to turn out the gas and leave his patrons in darkness. The Chairman said that what was meant was that the bar lights should be put out at the closing hoar, and no more drink sold. The committee had to thank the police for the attention they had given to the matter, and it was satisfactory to know from their report that the conduct of the houses was very good indeed.