HOTEL LICENCES.
OBJECTION TO ANY SNCR EASE. RELATION TO TOURIST TRAFFIC. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Strong opposition to any increase m the number of licensed hotels in the Dominion was expressed by the Deputy-Mayor (Mr J. S. Barnett) at the annual conference of the South Island Travel Association this, morning. A remit from the Executive Council w T as that the Government He urged to review the licensing law of the Dominion in the light of its influence on tourist traffic and travel in the Dominion. •
In the discussion on the annual report,, Mr Barnett said there was no doubt of tins "value of tourists to the Dominion, hut if it was the intention of the Association to add to the number of licences, either in “wet” or “dry” areas, it would he purchasing the tourist traffic at too great a. price. The need for increased hotel accommodation had been mentioned by Mr W. A. Ott (Invercargill), particularly in view of tlie Centennial Exhibition. No decision <was reached.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 21, 4 November 1938, Page 6
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