LICENSING COMMITTEES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7721, 2 June 1903, Page 3

LICENSING COMMITTEES.

[Per Prbss Association.] AUCKLAND, Juna 2. At the annual meeting of the City Licensing Comm.tteo, the police reports stated that all tiie hotels were fairly well conducted. Two members of the committee objected to there being no discrimination in the report with respect t6 the better dass of hotels. So far all the applications have been renewed. CARIWrOIN 7 ", June 2. The annual meeting of the Wairarapa Licensing Committee was held to-day. AD. the licenses wef.e renewed without protest, except those of the Blairlogie and Taueru Hotels, which are under discussion. INVERCARGILL, June 2. The Awartia Licensing Committeo has reduoed the number of hotels by 25 per cent. Licenses have been refused to Forde's Wai* kiwi Sot«l, Fotheringham's Woodlands Hotel, Challis's hotel at Tfeopoint and Smarffi Gft-p Road Hotel The hour of closing has been fixed at ten. .Ths Ooiirfcenay Licensing Bench sat today at I)arfield. All applications for a renewal were granted. Permission was given to ©itlnguish lights at ien o'clock, the Chairman and Mr Gough strongly dissenting. Mr H. W. Bishop presided, and jMgsbtb Gou^h, Snndrey, Overtop Guy and 0. Lewie, M.H.R., Were P^«ent-