HBH 1890 June 11 Hastings Licensing June 10 1890 The Hastings Licensing committee met yesterday Present: - Messrs FOREMAN (Chairman) BEILBY, WELLWOOD, MC EWAN Renewals were granted to Messrs J ELLIS, T MORGAN, H O CAULTON, and W Y DENNETT License granted to Mr H L JULL Constable PICKERING reported favorably on the hotels kept by the above and they were granted licenses to keep their hotels open till 11 p.m., their outside lamps to be kept burning till midnight. The Heretaunga Licensing committee also met yesterday. Present: -Messrs FOREMAN-Chairman BEILBY, WELLWOOD, Mc LEOD, Mac DONALD, Mr HIRIKA, native assessor Messrs P RAMSEY and J W STOCK had their licenses renewed, their hotels too be kept open till 10 p.m, and their outside lamps to be kept burning till mid-night. The police reported favorably of both hotels. Mr W ANDERSEN applied for a license for an accommodation house at Moawhange, Patea. Mr SHEATH appeared in support of the application and Mr LEE against it, on behalf of the five natives as required by the Act, which also required that a European be joined in the opposition Mr VAULDER opposed on his own behalf. Messrs BROUGHTON and TAIAROA acted as interpreters. There were long arguments on both sides and Messrs J LYON and W BROUGHTON were examined as witnesses in support of the application, their evidence going to show that the proposed house would tend to stop sly grog selling in the district. Constable LEACH was in favor of the proposed license, there being nothing against the character of the applicant. After some consideration the Bench said they were unanimously of the opinion that the proposed house would be an advantage to the traveling public, but having regard to clauses 2 and 3 of section 22 of the Licensing Act which made the consent of the Native Assessor indispensable, they were compelled to refuse the license.