THE LICENSING ACT.
• -" I i A GERALDINE CASE. I [Per PtfEss Association.] WELLINGaJDN, October 18. The Court of Appeal js hearing the case of Sarah Mulhern v. the Ashburton Licensing Committee and G. H. Mann, an objector to the renewal. It is a motion for a mandamus, removed by consent to the Appeal Court. Plaintiff was licensee of a hotel in a portion of the Geraldine district which was included at the last election in the Ashburton electorate. Restoration was not carried, and' when the plaintiff applied for a renewal of her license it was refused, on the ground that the- committee had no jurisdiction. Mr Hosking appeared for tie plaintiff, and Mr Adams for the defendants. The former contended that in the Newtown case the Privy Council had decided that no license should be taken away till the voters had so decided. . In this case no f>roposal was carried, and therefore the ast valid poll, namely, that in the old Geraldine district, remained in force. That poll did not prohibit the granting of licenseSj and the committee therefore had jurisdiction to grant a renewal.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9675, 18 October 1909, Page 3
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185THE LICENSING ACT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9675, 18 October 1909, Page 3
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