Hotel hours
Sir,—As. a rail passenger travelling to Christchurch at night, I was taken aback to see a hotel in a country township still open at 10.45 p.m., with cars outside and youths coming from there with half gallons under their arms. Why is this allowed when the law is 10 p.m. closing? —Yours, etc., PASSENGER.
November 22, 1971. [Mr G. Tait, Chief Superintendent of Police, replies: “Hotels at this township are supervised both by the local constable and by non-com-missioned officers when possible. There are, within the Christchurch police district, 160 licensed premises, including chartered clubs, and a further 46 other types of licensed premises, giving a total of 206. Wherever possible, and time and staffing permit, police endeavour to pay frequent visits to licensed premises, but this is only a small portion of our over-all police duty, as your correspondent no doubt appreciates. It is ’ impossible to supervise every one of these licensed premises all the time. All reasonable and practical efforts are made, and will continue to be made, to ensure that the provisions of the Sale of Liquor Act, 1962, are complied with.”]
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19711126.2.66.3
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32774, 26 November 1971, Page 8
Word Count
187Hotel hours Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32774, 26 November 1971, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in