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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVIII, Issue 1023, 14 October 1909, Page 21

The Tariki Hotel, at Inglewood, a two-storey . building, containing 25 rooms, was totally destroyed by fire at 2.§0 on Thursday morning.

Mr; Smith, of' the Delta Hotel, Ngaruawahia, has sold out his interest to Mr. Ryan, of Epsom.

A man..named Hubert Duley was convicted at 'Otofohanga and fined £25, in default three months’ imprisonment, on a charge of sly grog-selling.

At the Paeroa Police Court o n Thursday W. McGuire * was fined 10s, with 7s costs, for bringing liquor into a no-license district without having first notified the vendor of the liquor that it was to be sent into a-no-license district. -

A big fire attended by fatal results, occurred at Feilding, between one and two d’clock"'on Friday morning;' Hastie’s Feilding Hotel, a brick build 7 ing, finished four years ago at a cost of £B,OOO, was gutted, leaving only the walls, standing. The fire started in an unoccupied bedroom upstairs, and spread through the roof and walls. The fire brigade, with a strong pressure, confined the flames to the upstairs portion. Whilst holding a nozzle on the landing at the head of the ■fairs, inside the building, D. Williamson was' r instantly killed by a chimney collapsing and falling on him. /:Several- other, firemen-, including Superintendent Saywell, were within a few feet of the spot. The insurances were: On the building, £3OOO in the Commercial Union and £3OOO in the Queensland; on the furniture and stock, £2BOO in the Commercial Union.

It was a question of the disposal of certain liquor (says the Oamaru “Mail”). Counsel argued that his client should get the liquor back, the police having used it in evidence, to which his worship replied that that was a different thing to using it themselves, and he asked the smiling sergeant: , “Do you want it?” “We could do with it, your Worship,” replied Mr. Griffiths 'in the lugubrious tone of a man who undertakes, the transit of a corpse to a morgue. But the blandishiuent of counsel prevailed.

A London cable dated the Sth inst. states that one of Lemay’s hop warehouses at Southwark, England, was gutted by fire, and 5000 packages of hops were destroyed. The damage totalled £60,000.

Mr. C. J. King has purchased Mr. H. S. Triggs’s interest in the Terminus Hotel, Napier.

A pleasant little gathering took place on Monday afternoon at the British Hotel when those who lest their business in Auckland recently under the reduction vote, presti fed Messrs. J. S. Palmer and J. H. Pagni with handsome cases of pipes, each case containing six pipes, silver mounted, with a silver match box. The presentation was made in connection, with efforts in promoting tne collection and distribution m affirmation of the principle of compensation, ana as a result of which each of the five deprived of their business, received the sum of £2OO.

Following the annual meeting of the “ Trade ” which is being held this week end at Auckland, the New Zealand L.V. Association holds its annual general meeting in Wellington, on Tuesday, October 2 6th. CRIME UNDER PROHIBITION. This doesn’t dook much like a clean bill of health for a Prohibition. State. Kansas adopted prohibition . twenty six years ago, and has not had a licensed saloon in all that period. On June 30, 1908, there were in the Kansas State penitentiary 1,205 convicts, committed in part for the following causes: — Assault to kill 50 Assault to rape 15 Burglary 120 Burglary and larceny 99 Forgery 47 Grand larceny 282 Manslaughter, first degree .... 54 Manslaughter, second degree .. 21 Manslaughter, third degree .... 3 Manslaughter, fourth degree . - 7 Murder, first degree 62 Murder, second degree 122 Rape 50 Statutory rape : 14 Robbery ' 82 LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY. NO-LICENSE PARTY’S OBJECTIONS TO THE WHOLESALE LICENSES. KAWHIA RESIDENTS IN PROTEST. The activity displayed. by the NoLicense leaders was apparent in . themeeting held, at the East Street Hall, Newton, on Friday evening, when. resolutions were carried affirming that .the time .has now come when (1) all questions at the licensing polls should be decided, on the hare-majority vote; (2) a Dominion option vote, should be taken triennially in addi-. tion to .the local option vote by a. bare majority; and urging on the Govern- . ment and Parliament its respectful demand for immediate legislation to secure these reforms. The Rev. L. M. Isitt, of Christchurch, moved “that the members of this meeting express their deep indignation at the violation of the solemn promise given to the Natives by the New Zealand Government that no liquor licenses should be granted in the King Country, -i’hey call upon the representatives of every section of the Christian Church and all press editors ; and members of Parliament to whom the welfare of the Maori race and, honour of this nation is dear to urge the Government to at once annul the > license granted, and to remedy this evil.” Mr. Isitt condemned the violation of the promise in strong terms, hinting that the liquor influence was behind it, not the settlers, and declaring that if the Government and. Parliament did not give immediate redress an appeal would be made ./ to the Imperial Government. SETTLERS IN PROTEST. By way of answer to Mr. Isitt and his colleagues, came a telegram from Kawhia on Friday evening announcing that a largely attended meeting of the residents of that district, convened by the Chairman of the Town Board, had beenheld .to protest against the action of the “No-License” party in attempting to obtain the revocation of the wholesale licenses, recently issued in the King Country. Mr-.- J. P. Jonathan, J.P., -presided. The following resolution was 'carried unanimously: “That this meeting protests against interference by non-residents with the legal rights of .. settlers in Kawhia or -elsewhere in the King. Country to have,'’"'should they desire, licenses for the sale of , liquor granted within this district on the grounds:—l. That the issue of a license -or -licenses for the Kawhia

district i& now justified by the largely increased European population; That of the electors recorded in the 'ballotbfax should"Settle’ the question for or against licenses being granted in this as in other districts; 3. That fn/ the case of Kawhia, as the law<now stands, if it' is legally right that a license or licenses can now be granted then that right should not be taken away through political or other influences being brought to bear on the Executive or the Licensing Bench; but should be left to the properly constituted authorities or the ballot box to deal with; 4. That as we are given to understand no agreement or compact was ever made between the natives and the Government to make the Rohepotae a prohibited area for an indefinite period, the time has now come to have the proclamation of prohibition rescinded.”