ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143670, 14 December 1911, Page 2

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

CHS —Clause 45 of the Licensing Act, 1881, reads; "From and after the commencement of this Act no mf>v publican's New Zealand wine, accommodation, or bottle license (except respectively for premises in respect of whirls a'license is held and is in force at the aforesaid time) shall he granted until the ratepayers shall have previously determined in manner hereinafter provided whether the number of such licenses may or may not respectively be increased." Ratepayers, it will be noted, not electors or voters.