Trade Topics

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 823, 14 December 1905, Page 23

Trade Topics

Tommy Taylor has passed out —of political life.

Hearty congratulations to the Trade for their splendid and well deserved victories at the licensing poll last week.

Reduction, which has been carried in the Eden electorate, will mean the closing of one licensed house.

Mr and Mrs A. J. Tapper, who with the two Misses Tapper have been spending a holiday trip in England, returned to Auckland last week. Mr Tapper had been for some time prior to his trip licensee of the Anchor Hotel, Queen-street.

Mr James McLeod, late of the Star Hotel, Newton, was in town during the busy anti-election days, and performed good service in helping his old comrades in business.

At the town of Bagnor, in the prohibition State of Maine, no attempt is made to suppress the illicit liquor traffic. The sellers are summoned once a year, their fines being practically reckoned as a license fee.

The manner in which such no-license advocates as A. S. Adams, Tommy Taylor and H. D. Bedford were shut out by voters, is a clear indication that the people have had just about enough of such politicians.

In Christchurch City C. M. Gray beat T. Taylor by over a thousand votes. In Dunedin City A. R. Barclay polled 3301 votes against H. D. Bedford’s 2820, and in Dunedin Central J. A. Millar scored 4157 against 2317 recorded by A. S. Adams.

It was left for the Eden electors to declare that, while in favour of reduction in licenses, they could not stand the prohibitionist in the guise of a politician, and so as to make their meaning quite clear, 3952 votes were recorded for Bollard and 1399 for French.

The quarterly meeting of the Parnell Licensing Commi.tee was held last Saturday morning. The following applications for transfers were granted: — Panmure Hotel, C. A. Naden to George Hyde; St. Helier’s Bay Hotel, H. C. Hay to C. A. Sanson.

If Mr. William Richardson had polled twice as many votes as he did, he would ■t'H have wanted 263 more to beat Mr. F. E. Baume, the elected member of City East.

Dr. Chapple, an out-and-out prohibitionist who stood for Newtown, was beaten badly, coming third out of four candidates, and being 1430 votes behind the winner, Mr. Barber.

In England recently the Essex Licensing Committee awarded £10,401 as compensation for five licenses which had been refused renewal. The highest amount awarded was in respect of the Woodman Inn, Walthamstow, namelv £5950.

Last week a writ claiming £5lO damages was served on Charles Saunders (prominent in no-license circles) at the instance of lan Simson. The cause of the action is an allegation that Simson had been convicted of sly grog-selling at Core.

One hotel in the Grey Lynn electorate —-the Eden Vine—-will be closed on the 30th June, and by the reduction vote in Eden electorate, one of the four hotels in that license district will also be closed.

The voting at Newtown, Bruce, and Ashburton tells its own plain unvarnished tale, and that is. that those places having had a taste of no-license do not care for it.

A Home newspaper relates that a pretty hop-picker has captivated a city gentleman, a retired major, who was recently motor ng through the hop gaidens near Tonbridge. The gallant major was so taken with the personal charm of the girl that he straightway made -.n offer of marriage, wh’ch was conditionally accepted.

Dunedin City, in which reduction was carried at last election, rang true this time, 8728 be’ng poUed for continuance and 4820 for reduction, and 89 4 6 for nolicense.

Napier also made a grand recovery. +he figures this year never leaving the issue in doubt.

The defeat of Tommy Taylor and the great record of votes in favour of continuance in Christchurch has given the no-license party a great shock.

Grey Lynn, after the 30th June next, will be a prohibited district.

For restoration of licenses in Ashburton 2648 votes were cast. This does not come up to the required majority of three-fifths in favour of.

Tn the local court William McDermott has been declared a prohibited person for twelve months.

A young man named Vince was, in the Supreme Court last week,- sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment for stealing jewellery and other valuables from Mrs McManus, of the Caledonian Hotel, Symond-street.

The local option poll in Christchurch made something of a record victory for the Trade. The figures were: Continuance 10,576, Reduction 7081, No-license 8646.

One of the most pleasing features about the recent Local Otpion poll was the recovery made by several of the Auckland electorates, which on last year’s figures made their prospects of continuance look slightly doubtful.

In Wellington the license of the Metropolitan Hotel has been transfered from Mrs Legge to James Hawkins,- and that of the Empire Hotel from Rudolph Tudor to Charles G. F. Eagar.

More tobacco is used by the Australians in proportion to the population than by any other nation.

The beer duty collected in Wellington last month amounted to £BOB 12s 2d, as against £998 2s 8d collected in November of last year.

For making use of indecent language in a bar of an hotel a man in Wellington was recently fined 206.

In Wellington recently the keeper of a small fried fish shop was fined £lO for selling beer without a license.

Mr Smith, of the Terminus Hotel, Helensville, ha I only £5OO on his stock and furniture. Both were well supplied, so that he must come out a considerable loser.

Mrs A. R. Smardon, widow of the late Mr S. T. Smardon. who for many years was hotelkeeping at Waiorongomai and Te Aroha, died at the latter place early last week.

During the excitement of the fire at Helensville last week Mr W. G. Smith, of the hotel, lost a purse containing £6O in cash. Fortunately it was picked up in the road by a friend, who soon apprised Mr. Smith of the lucky find.

Mr. Charles Cress, who died at Picton recently, was widely known in Southern districts as proprietor at different times of the Occidental Hotel (Masterton), the Foresters’ Arms (Greytown), Royal Oak (Carterton), the Thistle and Masonic (Wellington), and the Wairau Valley (Marlborough).

An ideal holiday resort is Sumner, and an ideal house of stay is Morton’s Marine Hotel, lately taken over by Mrs A. Fielder. The hotel nestles at the foot of the cliffs, in grounds most tastefully laid out, and offers really excellent accommodation to the travelling public. The cuisine is under the personal supervision of the hostess, and the liquors are the best procurable. Visitors can be sure of a pleasant time at the Marine.