INVERCARGILL HOTELS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 251, 23 October 1944, Page 6

INVERCARGILL HOTELS

INSPECTION BY MR. FRASER

(P.A.) INVERCARGILL, Sunday. An inspection of the Invercargill Licensing Trust's temporary premises was made yesterday morning by the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, who was anxious to see at first hand the experiment in operation. In a statement after the tour Mr. Fraser Said he formed the opinion that the trust had made a good start.

"The trust has made conditions as good as possible in the circumstances," said Mr. Fraser. "I hope that before long the building projects planned ,will be proceeded with. I inspected the plans and if they are carried out in their entirety Invercargill will have some of the finest hotel accommodation in New Zealand. There will be nothing better anywhere.

"The responsibilities of the trust are to arrange and manage the dis.tribution of alcoholic liquor with the least possible evil repercussions — in other words, to combine the moderate use of alcoholic drink and consequent sobriety with friendly amenities and social intercourse." Mr. Fraser added that the manner in which the trust was discharging its responsibilities gave him confidence that, it would not only prove completely successful and beneficial to Invercargill arid Southland, but would prove an example to the whole Dominion. . .