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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
[introduction]
The Dunedin Licensing Commitee, which was elected in March, 1903, consists of five elected members, the local Stipendiary Magistrate being chairman, ex officio. The committee issues and regulates licenses under the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act, and exercises supervision over the conduct of hotels within the Dunedin city licensing district. In 1894, reduction having been carried in the Dunedin electorate, a staunch temperance party was elected to the licensing committee, which, accordingly, not only refused a large number of hotel and bottle licenses, but effected considerable improvement in the conduct of the trade. The present committee is exercising its full powers in the interests of the temperance reforms movement; thirteen hotel licenses have been refused, ten o'clock closing has been enforced, proper fire escape facilities have been provided, and other reforms in the administration of the licensing laws are being vigorously prosecuted. The chairman of the committee is Mr. E. H. Carew, S. M., and the elected members are: Mr. D. C. Cameron, Dr. B. E. de Lautour, Rev. W. A. Sinclair, and Messrs A. C. Begg and J. A. Wilkinson.