LICENSING COMMITTEES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2522, 8 June 1909, Page 5

LICENSING COMMITTEES.

EIGHT DUNEDIN HOTELS CLOSED e [Pick Pukes Association.] DUNEDIN, June 7. At the annual meeting of the Dunedin Licensing Committee to-day, eight applications for publicans’ licenses for the following hotels were refused: Adelaide (Colin Campbell), Caledonian (J. Race),. Scotia (J, J. Roughan), Douglas (j. Geddes), Shades -(J- Barera v), Duke of Edinburgh (D. McKenzie), Great Northern (J. Toomey), Queen's (J. Crane). The -following six applications are under consideration: —Central (Haydon). Gladstone (Collins), Wain’s (Bmstead). Prince of Wales (Gray), Royal Albert (McGavin), Rainbow (Gleeson). It is understood that two of these applications will be refused. Applications for bottle licenses will be. taken on Wednesday. All applications for wholesale licenses and an application for a packet license for the s.s. Manuka were granted. THREE APPLICATIONS IN TIMAItU ADJOURNED. TIMARU, June 7. The annual meeting of the Timaru Licensing Committee was held to-day. The police report was favorable to all cases except three, wherein ancient wooden buildings were reported out of date, with fire escapes of knotted rope, deemed to be inadequate. One ot these, the Hibernian Hotel, is in town : tlie other two are in the country. These three applications were adjourned, all other licenses being granted. ' THE AW AREA MEETING, INVERCARGILL, June 7. At the annual meeting of "the Avarua Licensing Committee to-day, all applications for renewal but one were oranted, and that one adjourned pending the completion of rebuilding. - n application for a license for tlie old Waikiwi Hotel, which is not far over the border of .the no-license area, was refused after argument.