CLUB CHARTER SOUGHT

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26491, 4 August 1951, Page 8

CLUB CHARTER SOUGHT

The Lyttelton Club’s application for commission. A report from the Health Department on the club's premises is tb be obtained inthe meantime. Sub-Inspector Kearns said thfere was no reason tb believe that a charter licence, if granted, would be abused, Hp described the premises apd activities of Jhe club, which had 368 financial members (of, which, acCbr'dS baer* 4 *® “ rd,h - Mr J. R. Woodward, appearing for the club, said it was an institution of

many years standing ahd numbered “ m ° n g hiembers many respected Lyttelton residents. No other social club in Lyttelton had a charter and the Lyttelton Club was the only onte with a lounge, billiards room and table tennis tables. Stanley Porteous, secretary of the club, said to Mr Leicester that he would not consider another hotel licence necessary, for Lyttelton. . The &^Wd.“ auaBd “ l ” ,el

Some of the club's rules would need to be altered before it could be granted a charter, the chairman said.- Under

the Licensing Act members had to be Elected by the present members: the club’s rules at preseht provided for the committee to elect new members. Another undesirable rule in the present set Of rhles allowed sea-faring members to be elected “at the discretion of the committee.” Bed ahd Bar Check The fol l owing figures, taken from police evidence, relate to the accommodation and bar trade of the hotels reviewed yesterday by the commission. The figure in the second column represents the average number of occupied beds each'night, expressed as a percentage of the total, number of beds available for guests. The capacity of the hotel is given in the first column.

A bar check was toade this year on July 14, a Saturday, sobn after 5 p.m. The total number of bar customers found in eabh hotel in this check is given in column thrbe.

Bed p.e. OccuBar fethplre Capacity, pifed. check. .. 9 71 78 Lyttelton .. 0 0 22 Mitre .. 16 52 92 Royal .. 11 63 106 Saxon .. 11 N.A. 41