Bealey Hotel
Sir, —In your sub-leader you commend the Licensing Commission for granting Mr J. L. Gowie a licence to rebuild on the old site at Bealey. but you do not mention the proviso that the commission made. Mr Gowie will have to take the risk that at some time, in the future a licence may be authorised if anyone is prepared to build a hotel at Arthur’s Pass. For you to state that this sword of Damocles has been removed is far from the truth. The commission’s decision leaves the position wide open for one of the big brewerymonopolies to build a large tourist hotel at Arthur’s Pass and help take trade away from the new Bealey Hotel. This does not seem to be British justice.—Yours, etc, S. W. HICKMOTT. April 23, 1966. [Hie “sword of Damocles” referred to in our article was the authority to issue a publican’s licence for Arthur’s Pass. The commission has now revoked this authorisation.—Ed, “The Press.”]
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31043, 26 April 1966, Page 16
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163Bealey Hotel Press, Volume CV, Issue 31043, 26 April 1966, Page 16
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