Please cut out, sign and post this letter BANNING NUCLEAR TESTS To Rt. Hen. S. ®. Hollaed. Prime Minister, WELLINGTON. D.nr Sir, —H..»0 not, th.t I «m oppot.d to .11 furth.r nod.,, te,t, whether et Bikini, or in Siberia, or et Chriibne, l,l«n< I object fir«t, to further poitoning through redio-eetMty th, fish-food supply of the Pacific Islander,; second, to forth,, contaminating through radio-active "fall-out" the germ cells ef future generations of plants, animals and mon; third, advancing still further on the road to race suicide; and four, increasing fear and hatred among men instead of confidence and friendli. ness. I therefore request you, first, to inform the Government of the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union that Now Zealand regards in particular the health and well-being of the Pacific Islanders as more important than the testing out of mass-extermination weapons and therefore requests them t, stop further tests at Christmas Island, Bikini, and in Siberia; second, to instruct New Zealand's representative on the UnftH Nations to move that that body first, approve the world banning of further nuclear tests and the conversion of existing stockpiles rt nuclear weapons into "atoms for peace"; second, welcome th, Soviet Union's declaration of readiness to stop further tests if the West agrees to stop theirs; and third, set up a special worif committee of democratic and Communist atom experts to devil, a scientific, just and human way to carry the banning out efien. tively, the meetings of the committee being open to the of the world. Il Signature ih Address (N.M.W.M., P.O. Bo« «M, ChrMehurcM, | a SEE | W. & 5 FOR | JFiiu’ Autiqura • 6 13 HARAKEKE ST.,t FENDALTON, [ CHRISTCHURCH. ‘ 'Phon. 46-526. , ( Z Ul N DAF> fa) f Has many competitors Had no equal. alan McGillivray L <J[3e!|s3 98 OXFORD TERRACE.
IWIIIII Bill Hl II fl HOTEL HERITAGE \wwMw itimin W BI I 111 Number j Mill 1850$. X z\/\/ STUDY of pioneer hotels reveals T | X X X/mSm A AX Y X X A A that by the early 1850’s great . XXXX XX A w>iTP ro?re ' ss had been made in ' ’' A./V\X JBwfeS* VjgjgA adapting to New Zealand con- ™ XX AX ¥?-X ditions the civilized ways of life, A/\Sl* r —jßa/vyyT/ wmSSI VO learned through the centuries in x, R XXAAI/ V 7 Britain. Intense competition A/jfriTgMfcjwßgjffcy IhA/VYaEi X? between Innkeepers was evident. r They erected premises that V\ IBa/yYX were the pride not only of the Innkeeper but of his *AL' v . |®\X/V yW* \ guests and fellow towns folk. Standards rose steadily ■B/X/Yt'X 35 I n °k ee P cr v * e d with Innkeeper in the service of his ’/A - AZA/ X/A/ ax* ’‘ordinary" (a meal at fixed price), his table d'hote : ' B A/YVyAXA (cold collations always ready) and the excellence of aafiaSy ®\/x Y)( 7 X rooms he had to offer. /fl «»Hl Furniture was as impressive as Mine Host could make MMHKj V f it. Many Innkeepers went to the expense of importing " W showniece furniture built by English craftsmen in >/ X U 3 'Mfryg-fe WR r “• ? <:*l2nv‘JrMHW w/ HR I I A typical building would be of two storeys, with a \r± ' JeBEI F _Wr£flK wL 4 & jl! BH I 11 ’I shingle roof over up to a dozen rooms. In addition to J JSTtSSt 4) ft' I !| | a "best parlour", "common room" and "tap room" JHB JBMmII lll'*- there would generally be a "long room." This latter / ’f ' 4HB T occupying half of one floor, was used for every kind of I I W ....%,-aasr- social and civic gathering parties, balls, TFsFBEBkS If soirees, business conferences. Special pro- 1 B B / ~vision was made for maids travelling with \JSff I y families. TJf | a According to the personality of the Inn- // 1 H \V f \/ : Ik keeper hotel names varied from the high- /s IB A |g|ag|Wßg| ' J y Bi sounding to good, plain, common-sense i iff gJ /| JB S / JKB Anglo-Saxon "The Exchange Coffee B ft /I B r / jBBf IMSM JW House and Family Hotel", "Cottage of w ■ f Jjjjj. F» / ‘ B Content", "Beehive Inn”, "Black Bull". wßly wfei * I\ / A A / 18, Ws I?/ Advertisements were vigorous and varied. Wrf- Some emphasised excellent arrangements W W ?' «g»A for holding Temperance meetings “where ISSb/ bB t X SwM Illi even a Temperance Advocate may enjoy JB \MZ—'c himself (in moderation)", to quote one. /jMMx JU vj™ Beal Innkeepers in those days were not jßngj t®«jy BE j > hostile to Temperance Groups because the BB / word "temperance" then had its proper ne|. W / meaning. Nowadays it has been distorted in I fSg\ Mcjll— ---— f / ' the political arena by people who do not like B f 4 I BAf A J 1 *■ the P ia^n_s P° ken description of their view- £ point. % _ HF*) O mlg • ij.wm W This pre-occupation with improvements and service ■ remains the hallmark of the Innkeeper. But hampered, R harried and even put out of business by a fantastic web of O«<7«fjb with discrimination • • • ■ controls and restrictions, the Innkeeper today finds it U Urtnte Wlln atscrimina « increasingly hard to follow his traditional role of catering 9 S Co the public needs. , O x '- z - z zz ' ta t good wholesome beer on all occasions
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28268, 4 May 1957, Page 4
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