RESTAURANT HOURS

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30186, 18 July 1963, Page 15

RESTAURANT HOURS

Saturday Night Closing Rigid enforcement of 2 a.m. Sunday closing where it was permitted in licensed public buildings was approved by the City Council on Monday evening after the by-laws committee had said that at i.resent there appeared to be little observance of any fixed hour. The committee reported that it had several applications from eating-house proprietors who wanted to supplement their activities with a certain amount of entertainment. It proposed to ask each applicant to advise the full extent of his prop<«als and each case would b-‘ considered on its merits If the premises were fully complying, public building licences would be issued where appropriate, and in o’her cases where the extent of the entertainment did not r “cessitate a licence conditions would be laid down. The policy would be to allow Saturday night functions to continue until 2 a.m. on Sunday in approved cases, but any failure to comply with that closing time would result in action being taken by the council. “I thought 1 o'clock or 12 o’clock was late enough,’* said the Mayor (Mr G. Manning*. Cowles Stadium “Who is in charge of Cowles Stadium?” asked Cr. M. B. Howard. M.P. "At a quarter to twelve there is thump, thump, thump, and ti e neighbourhood is just about sick erf it.” Cr. H. P. Smith: A quarter to twelve? What's wrong with that? Cr. Howard: Some people like to go to bed, you know. She complained that a doctor who lived opposite and who had to answer calls at all hours of the night was becoming a nervous wreck. Cr. P. J. Skellerup, the chairman of the reserves committee, said he would investigate any specific complaint about Cowles Stadium.