ASHBURTON UNDER NO-LICENSE.
A TRICK FOR RESTORATION
LOOKING FOR A FLAW IN THE ACT.
Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, December 13
It is rumoui"ed in town that a flaw has been discovered in the Licensing Act whereby it may be possible to have licenses restored in Ashburton. The contention is that the spirit of the law which requires a three-fifths majority in a prohibited electorate before licenses can be restored is not clearly expressed in the Statute, and that a bare majority of votes may be sufficient to have the hotels re-opened, though this does not seem to be born out by reading clause 12 of the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act Amendment, 1895, dealing with the restoration of licenses. The matter has be-eli; placed' in the hands of a city iirm. of; solicitors ■bygone of the iutere^ted^partiea.",; ' , : *
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12678, 14 December 1905, Page 5
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137ASHBURTON UNDER NO-LICENSE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12678, 14 December 1905, Page 5
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