LICENSING CASES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 140, 17 June 1902, Page 2

LICENSING CASES.

PBB PBESS ASSOCIATION. i Aucklakd, June 16, Several churches on Sund»y resolved ' agan-'t the aran iog of a lie nsa fo ' an hotel at Maungator.'ate, a NocFomf rmwt settlement a'. Kaipira, as agains 1 . a petition eigne! by a large majority of the A tesolution atking the Minister for Jus'ice t) inquire into certain allegations j made, and if the fac.s were substantiate! to tike ac ion, was circulated in j the churches ard publisbel in the. Auckland pap.-rs. A d"claratio:i by I ,Mr Fo*ld', M.H.R., and sv<;ial' [clurjjym u and others, alleged th t Mr T. Hutchi'on, S.M., wh i p r ' si 'ed in 1 th« Licenfing Cou t, showed bas and uiifauxejfe in his of witnesses adver.'e to application, and tb;it the license was irripropeily gr.n'ed on other grounds. A public meeting will' ba held to-night. DuKtDis, June 16. , At Milti n to-day, William Anderson, licenses of the Victoria HoUl, Gleoore, was fioed JS2 and 13« cos'sj and his license endorsed for Felling a | bottle of whisky on Sunday to a young j man who lived a considerable distmca away, the purchaser" having been pre vi.usly served with others who liv<d, from three to eight mil s «way. The Licencing Commit foe mat immediately , afterwards to hear the applicttion for a renewal of the Hearse, cotisiderati >n | having been adjwoed owing to toe complaint on wnich tha preyioua case , was bas«d. The S.tl. *<id ih<t the Oommittoe, who kn9w more of the cir-1 cmiistauces than hj? did, had decided to adjourn the application for three months, and if no further leporta were ma.de against the house ths licence would be granted. The Licensing Justices of Farnhim, in Surroy, recently r.duced the number of licensed houses under their jurisdiction by nine, on the ground that the number was excessive, being one to every 155 of the population. The matter was carried to the Supreme Court with a view to obtiining a rule for a re-h'.a iag of the applicatioLS for renewals. In the cou se of tbe a'gumeuts it was hubuiit ed thatthere was re fon ible f-uspifloi of bias on thi pait of ''. he Ju-iic s, as they smarted with a p ■ dete'mii to refuse at lest Sor 10 renewals. It was poii>t d out that a body of j wtices might say thiiy w. u'd hive no pabliehouso» at all in their pa:ticu'ar dis--1 trie , and iefusi applicttion for •* ren-fwal, Hint Mr Justii!» Dirling faid 1 if the latter event did arise, it wi uld ; be a proper thing to apply to the L >rd 1 Chaucellor to appoint aome more sen- ' iiMe persons to be justices in the district. I'he auiiou of the justices was 1 uph' Id, and a mandamus refuse I.