GLASS-WASHING IN HOTELS

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26441, 7 June 1951, Page 5

GLASS-WASHING IN HOTELS

NEED FOR HOT WATER EMPHASISED

RICCARTON LICENSING COMMITTEE

• “This committee wishes it to be known that the sanitary arrangements for glass-washing must be attended to. There must be an adequate amount of hot water available for cleaning the glasses,” said the chairman (Mr Rex C. Abernethy, S.M.) at a meeting of the Riccarton Licensing Committee yesterday afternoon. Mr Abernethy said he would like to hear what the police had to say about the provision of hot water for glasses. According to the Health Department’s report the conditions were not entirely satisfactory. It said that in no hotel in the district could the standard be compared favourably with that required for eating houses. The police, however;'on their visits, had found conditions satisfactory. Sergeant O. D. Wilkes said that when the police had made their visits they had found that hot water was running from a cistern into each sink, and in their opinion it was in all cases hot enough to clean the glasses thoroughly. In some cases, however, the water had not been changed. Licensees should note that the Licensing Commission was emphatic on this point, said the chairman. The commission was also taking the stand that there must be adequate provision for water closets, whether in country hotels or otherwise, Mr Abernethy said. It was a question that must be looked into sooner or later. The committee also agreed with the health inspector’s opinion that there should be separate handwashing and water closet facilities for men and women in all hotels. “There have been rather more convictions for after-hour trading than the committee thinks desirable—l think there have been about five,” continued Mr Abernethy. "Would licensees keep their eyes open to see that no outside pressure leads to after-hour trading? It leads to a lot of trouble on the highways, possibly involving death.” Otherwise the committee considered the conduct of the hotels had been quite satisfactory, the chairman said. The following applications for renewal of licences were granted:— James Cyril Harding (Black Horse Hotel); John Harry MacKenzie (Ellesmere Arms); William Oswald Smith (Junction); Alfred George MacDonald (Lincoln); Hugh Nicholas Kennedy (Prebbleton); Leslie Victor Crothers (Racecourse); Ann Isabella Lawrence Hancock (Riccarton); Trevor Charles Watson (Southern Cross); George Arthur Wright (Springston); and Ronald Alfred Miller (Star).