SELWYN DISTRICT HOTELS

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27368, 5 June 1954, Page 9

SELWYN DISTRICT HOTELS

ANNUAL REVIEW BY COMMITTEE “The conduct of hotels has been •atisfactory during the year, the h licensee of the Phoenix Hotel being f the only licensee convicted of any offence. Seven persons were found ~ after hours in the Rolleston Hotel,” " said Inspector W. R. Miller, present- C ing the police report to the annual meeting of the Selwyn Licensing Com- u mittee at Leeston yesterday. C The members of the committee were ti Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M. (chairman), cl and Messrs A. F. Fisher, C. A. G. ft Catto. R. T. McMillan, and G. M. (< Doyle. i The police report said that the Papa- f] nui Hotel was in a very poor state f ( and on account of plans presented to SJ . the committee a requisition covering ft only essential work had been issued. 1 Ijhis requisition had not been complied with. “Under the circumstances the renewal of this licence is not reuntil the owners substantiate their stated intention of carrying eut the direction of the Licensing Control Commission,” said the report. Application was made for approval of Dians for the Papanui Hotel. z The chairman said that the commit- \ tee had adopted the following resolution concerning this hotel:— “That the whole of the bedroom accommodation shown on the plan is to be always available for guests with the exception of the portion marked I suite’; that the present guests’ sittingroom upstairs be retained as such; that provision is required and is to be made for one additional double bedroom and two staff bedrooms; that c in view of the building over of the I former parking area and the increasing s parking difficulties at this busy corner, a parking area with proper entrance and egress be developed in the hotel yard and be supervised by the £otel I management: the applicant be asked to a provide a new plan or amended plans to cover these minimum requirements; 1 the applicant be asked to develop these t matters without delay and the committee will arrange to give consideration t to these plans as soon as they are re- £ ceived.” s The application for renewal of the j ; Mcence was granted. C Mr M. P. Eales appeared for the c owners. 1 Islington Arms Hotel 1 The police report said that the Islingten Arms Hotel was being altered but | no work had been done on 12 items . mentioned in the requisitions for 1954. Mr R. L. Ronaldson, for the owners, •aid that £7500 was to be spent on the { hotel and he gave an assurance that J the requisitions would be incorporated in the contract. I The licence, was renewed on that . Understanding. Hotel for Arthur’s Pass The committee approved the plans * for the proposed National Park Hotel < at Arthur’s Pass. Mr B. A. Barrer 1 appeared for the applicant. ( Work on the new hotel will be < begun in the spring and will be completed by the next annual meeting of 1 the committee. ] New Hotel at Dunsandel It was reported to the committee - that a hotel was being built at Dun- j sandel on a new site and it was hoped j that it would be completed by January ( Licences Renewed < £■’: Applications for renewal of publi- < tans’ licences were granted for the j following hotels:— Bush Inn Hotel, Riccarton, Reginald j Herbert Rattray; Commercial Hotel, Kirwee, Douglas Victor Scott: Darfield ] Hotel, Darfield, Basil Parsons; Dun- ] •andel Hotel. Dunsandel, Alexander ] Allan MacPherson: Hororata Hotel, . Hororata, Kevin Patrick O’Sullivan; Islington Arms Hotel. Joseph Liddle Purdon; Leeston Hotel, Leeston, . George Logan; Papanui Hotel, Christ- : church, Myra Ethel Mercia Pearce; : g Phoenix Hotel, Christchurch, Cecil . Joseph Fantham; Railway Hotel. , -■ poyleston. Roy William Jackman; Rol- . leston Hotel. Rolleston. Lewis Henry ' 1 Nicolie: Sheffield Hfotel. Sheffield. Mar- * William John Palmer; Southbridge Hotel. George Newlands Thiele; .Tenwleton Hotel, Marie McCormack; Yaldhurst Hotel, George Hector Humphries. .Issue of publicans’ licence:—Bluff Hotel, Coalgate, John Callaghan Pope; Boya! Hotel, Springfield, Leo Francis g&Cunneen. Renewal* of accommodation licence: ; , jr-West Melton Hotel, George Walter Jack. rn lss . u e of accommodation licence:?— Hotel. Boaley, Duncan Eelgrave Montague Wallis. Transfer of licence:—Glacier Hotel, from Hsnmer Ronald Monk to Belgrave Montague Wallis.