A new house for the accommodation of visitors has just been licensed under the style or title of the King Edward Hotel. It will be under Parsee management and control, and has been newly fitted up and furnished. The Hotel is situated at one corner—the inland one—of the Prince's Buildings. The granting of a publican's licence was opposed on behalf of the Hongkong Hotel Ca. on the ground that the proprietors already held such a licence for the New Victoria Hotel, the transference of which to the new building they would not oppose, or they were willing that an adjunct licence should be granted to the new Hotel. The justices, however, were in liberal mood, and the application was granted by a large majority.
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