Lyttelton Licensing Committee Decision

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27367, 4 June 1954, Page 12

Lyttelton Licensing Committee Decision

With two minor exceptions, the conduct of the hotels in the district had been good, according to the - police report presented at the annual meeting of the Lyttelton Licensing Committee at Lyttelton yesterday. The following transfers of licences were granted:—Hilltop Hotel (Barry’s Bay), from Douglas Anderson to Ira Desmond Beatty; Royal Hotel (Lyttelton), from Anthohy Mason to Cyril Lloyd Flattery. Accommodation licences 1 were granted as follows:—Hilltop Hotel (Barry’s Bay), Ira Desmond Beatty; Wheatsheaf Hotel (Teddington), Mary Elizabeth Packer. Publicans’ licences were granted as follows:—Lyttelton Hotel (Lyttelton), Alan John Little; Royal Hotel (Lyttelton), Cyril Lloyd Flattery; Valley Inn (Heathcote), John Alfred Randal]. Licences renewed were:—Albion Hotel (Lyttelton), Howard James Smith; British Hotel (Lyttelton), Albert Franklin; Bruce Hotel (Akaroa), Eric John Little; Canterbury Hotel (Lyttelton), Alan Scott; Grand Hotel (Alferoa), Edwin James Chappell; Marine Hotel (Sumner), Albert John Robert Johnson; Madeira ' Hotel (Akaroa), Walter Francis Barbour; Metropole Hotel (Akaroa), Leonard Gor.don Ditford; Mitre Hotel (Lyttelton), Thomas Lancelot Blumsky; Ocean View Hotel (Governor’s Bay), David Rodgers; Saxon Hotel (Lyttelton), Reginald John Gould; Crown Hotel (Duvauchelle), William Alexander Anderson.

When an application for a renewal of the licence for the Cave Rock Uotel (Peter William King) was heard, Inspector W. R. Miller said that notice had been served on the owners to make 14 alterations and renovations to the building. No work had been started.

Mr A. I. Cottrell, who appeared for the licensee, said that plans had been prepared for the required alterations in the belief that the work would cost from £12,000 to £15,000, However, tenders received varied from £19,000 to nearly £25,000. The cost of compliance with the requirements, even if the lowest tender was accepted, wopld, with the addition of new furnishings, be not less than £25,000. Counsel suggested that the matter be referred back to the Licensing Commission for reconsideration. The chairman (Mr Rex. C. Abernethy, S.M.) said that counsel should set out these contentions in a letter to the committee, which would consider placing them before the commission. The application was granted. The application for a renewal of the licence of the Empire Hotel, Lyttelton (Alan James Bisman) was granted, subject to tlfe approval of the borough inspector of a temporary fire escape to be provided during the building of adjoining premises. Woolston Alterations When an inspection was made of the new bar at the Woolston Hotel (Robert Samuel Stafford), a situation not previously known to the police was revealed, said Inspector Miller, when tine application for a renewal of the licence was before the committee. Inspector Miller said that at no time was it mentioned that a cycle stand

and car park were to be provided.' I car park was nearly an acre in er J and was to the rear of the hotel i I A stand for 88 cycles had been < ’ structed in the yard of the hotel 1 ' car park had two entrances. Pen using the park would enter the h d bar through the men’s conveniencl Inspector Miller said he had noli ' to the licensee about this, and] ■< licensee had replied that using the park could use the 4 entrance to the hotel. The entrlr 1 * to the bottle sales department j i also through the convenience, t police suggested that a door to I I bar should be provided alongsMeL; convenience, and that access to through the convenience be preveir Also, Inspector Miller said, het-.-been unable to find any way of to the top storey until he fbJL the dining-room and there access was by way of a staircßM®| ing from the dining-room, Q licensee had told him that guests:® come in the back door, and tiQ® the kitchen and dining-room?®® stairs. Inspector Miller suggest®® the staircase should be cased;®® entrance be provided through from the passage. $ Mr J. A. Wicks, who appeared® the licensee, said that cars and dO had used the large yard belt®? was laid out as a car park arid ® stand. As for access to the there was a door from the street® ing to the dining-room. In the]\ 12 months there had been only IN guest who stayed was a friend of the licensee. The chairman said that the licCl would be granted subject to the ip leading from the [jg bar being permanently closed. ® owr.er might see fit to provide a F doorway alongside the convenia The committee would not insist onl alteration 'to the stairway. In I absence of guests it would appearfcu reasonable. Old Hotel Building | It was a recommendation of | Licensing Commission that this hi licence bo removed to another | said Senior-Sergeant J. L. Graham,! ferring to an application for a L newal of the licence for the Lit River Hotel (Henry Lester Clarksd Inspector Miller said that the bu| ing was of two storeys, with t®. gable roofs. It had been builtl ground level. The foundations I subsided, and the floors were unej The chairman said that a new hd on a new site, was would cost from £lO,OOO to £2o> The question was whether the pre! | building could reasonably and renovated. j | Giving evidence, Thomas NeWI registered architect, said the buMI was between 70 and 80 yews M Except for the foundations, iMW? ing was generally sound. There j, some doubt about the floors. I building could be put in reasoni order, to last 15 to 20 years. The licence would be granted in meantime, said the chairman. He some members of the committee, gether with representatives Ifpr licensee and the police, would I I an early opportunity of inspecting building. |