Hotel Accommodation

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31043, 26 April 1966, Page 16

Hotel Accommodation

Sir, —Could you tell me the position regarding accommodation at hotels? Quite recently I required accommodation at a South Canterbury hotel and made application at least four months in advance. Writing to confirm my booking and enclosing a stamped addressed envelope for reply, I received no acknowledgement, and the same thing happened to a second letter 1 wrote to the hotel-keeper. I have recently been told that, “not being a patron of the bar, 1 was not wanted.” Should I let the matter stand at that?— Yours, etc., INTERESTED. April 19, 1966. [The secretary of the Licensing Control Commission (Mr E. M. Basil-Jones) replies; “There is, under the Sale of Liquor Act, 1962, a statutory obligation for a hotelkeeper to supply accommodation and meals to travellers to the full extent permitted by the premises. A hotelkeeper commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding £5O if the provisions of the act are not complied With. A complaint can be made at the nearest police station. Alternatively, if the correspondent cares to give details of the hotel and the circumstances to the commission the matter will be investigated, and, if necessary; the hotelkeeper reminded of his responsibilities.”]