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Western Star, Issue 1573, 24 June 1891, Page 2

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[ t'ltisss Association.] Auckland, Tiiesday. Cornelius Brown was coinmitfcei) for trial for an indecent assault on a child. 'Mrs Howe, contractor for washing at the District Hospital, was charged with the larceny as a bailee of blankets, the property of the hospital, and Mary Kenuey, her assistant, for illegally pawning them. The detectives found in live pawnshops 12 pa-drages containing various articles, valued at from £l2 to £2O, all belonging to the hospital. The accused were remanded. A number of other articles are unaccounted for. News from Tonga—Parliament was opened. The King, in his speech, referred to the projected reforms in laud tenure and taxation, and concluded with the words. " and above all may discord never arise again between the churches." Wellington, Tuesday. The chief recommendations brought under the notice of the Premier to-day by the Licensed "Victuallers' Associa-

tion were that compensation should be given for the loss of license; that there should be an appeal from the decision of the Licensing Committee ; that the ordinary lour for closing hotels should be 11 instead of 10. The Premier stated, in reply, that a bill could not be introduced by the Government thw session.

Christian Hansen and his wife, II in nab Hansen, were charged this after noon with wilfully setting fire to the Island Bnv Hotel, and remanded fo r a week. Bail was allowed. An inquest will be held on Friday. At the Employers Conference today the Truck "Bill and the Shop Hours Bill were considered, and several amendments ssggested which will be forwarded to the Q-ovoruraenfc. The Eaotory Bill will be discussed tomorrow.

The Licensed Victuallers Association met again this afternoon, when the members of the deputation who had waited on Mr Ballance in the for<s noon, explained that the interview had been of a satisfactory nature. T he Premier, it was said, sympathised with the publieans in several matters complained of, and promised to give his assistance in remedying some of the existing evils. The deputation urged a return to the old system of adjudicating on licenses, when a Resident Magistrate and two commissioners comprised the Bench, but thus Mr Ballance was not prepared to concede. The Conference appoime 1 a conamittea to draft a Bill to be inlroduced thin session by a private member. Its chief provisions will ba compensated to be paid to licens es whose liconse' have been taken away, and to provid for appeal against the d:aision ot Licensing Committees.