HOTEL LICENSES.
Cr Henderson at tho meetiug of th° Waiapu County Council said that Mr CButlor, licensee of the Rose Hotel, Port Awanui, was putting shingle on the road leading to his hotol, and ho wanted the Council to contribute £5 towards the cost.
Cr Hiudmarsh ; The Council are not in tunds.
Cr Knox: Surely wo avo not in debt '! Cr Hiudmarsh: Anyhow wo have refused similar applications before now. Tho Chairman : Yes, wo refased to contribute towards tho repairs of the approach to tho Waipiro Hotol, and all should be troated alike.' •. Cr Henderson said oho Awanui hotelkeepers paid more for their licenses than othor hotelkeepers on tho coast, and he thought they should consider that points Cr Knox askod what amount they paid.
Tho Clerk stated that tho Awanui publicaus paid £25 each for thoir licenses, and others on tho coast £2O each, whilst ono licensee only paid £2 10s. Cr Knox remarked that tho Waipiro houso should pay £SO. Tho Chairman asked tho Engineor if he knew how much work was being done by Mr Butler, and in reply Mr O'Ryan stated that Mr Butler was doing over DlO worth of work. Cr Henderson pointod out that the Council had contributed towards work douo by Mr J. Smith on another occasion. Cr Knox said tho road was not an approach to tho hotel, but part of tho public road ; it was used for other purposes than for going to the used for going to tho post-office and elsewhere. The amount asked for was granted. WATER TROUGHS.
During tho discussion as tn the necessity of having water troughs on the TokomaruTolago road, Or A. A. B. Williams remarked that tho road botweon Tolago and Gisborne was worse provided for than tho Tokoinaru-Tolago road, because the latter had a few springs. ACCOUNTS.
Accounts to the amount of £595 9s 6d wore passed for payment, the chief amounts being : C. 11. McCracken £l2O, 0.,0k County Hospital and Charitable Aid Board £lO5, Ronata Ngaata £IOO, Ten at a Poll at u £SO 10s, R. McNeil £ao, and V . Sorrenson £BO.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 884, 7 May 1903, Page 3
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349HOTEL LICENSES. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 884, 7 May 1903, Page 3
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