The quarterly meeting of the Licensing Committee for the Te Aro District was held at the Fire-Brigade Station, Manners-street, on Thursday, at noon ; present —Messrs T. McKenzie, J. R. Blair, T. K. Macdenald, and D. Robertson. An apology was made for the absence of Mr Duthie. Mr J. R. Blair wa3 elected Chairman. Of the 16 licensed houses in the district six were favorably reported on by the police, there liaviDg; been no com plaints with regard to them .during the past twelve months. An application by S. Gilmer for a transfer of a temporary license for the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Manners-street, to Hamilton Gilmer, was granted, there being no objection. Several publicans applied for per mission to extinguish their lamps after the hour of closing. After consideration, the Chairman said the Committee had decided to grant the permission asked, but as they were equally divided on the point the matter would come up again for consideration at ■ the annual licensing meeting. The Chairman also re ferred to the fact that W. Beyer, of the Victoria Hotel, Abel Smith-street, had been fined no less than four times during the year for breaches of the Licensing Act, and said that another conviction would probably result in the forfeiture of his license.
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