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TEN MORE LICENSES GRANTED

Total Number Now is 65 in County-Two Held Over

[People’s Press, 7 May 1912]

              Ten more licenses were granted by the license commissioners on Friday and two were held for further consideration. The total number of licenses now existing in the county is 65, with the probability that the other two will be granted.

             A meeting will be held on May 14th to decide upon the two which were laid over. Following are the licenses granted:

             Wm. Willock, tavern, Bertie; John R. Boag, shop, Fort Erie; Mrs. E.J. Bracken, tavern, Stamford; E.E. Furry, tavern, Stamford; W.A. Stone, tavern, Thorold; D.E. Evans, shop, Port Colborne; Garret Roach, tavern, Welland; G.R. Laird, tavern, Niagara Falls; A.J. Cardy, tavern, Niagara Falls; Mrs. W. Shepard, shop, Niagara Falls. The applications of C.W. White for a tavern in Humberstone and John Rees for a tavern in Niagara Falls were laid over.

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