HOTELS AND LICENSES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 531, 11 June 1909, Page 8

HOTELS AND LICENSES.

THE AUCKLAND HOUBEB. tei *itroß»rn— snoiAL coimsjro«rDßKT.l , Auckland, June 10. What will become of the. closed hotels m Auckland district? is a question that naturally presents itself now that reduction has taken place. Tho query was pat to various members of the "trade" to-day. The reply vouchsafed by a representative of a leading brewery firm was: "It is impossible to say." An to what tho, loss to tho trade . will be, ho remarked that it would run into tons of thousands'of pounds, probably approximately £00,000. . Another monibor of the "trade" said one Bection. of community would not • give the licensed trade credit for desiring to keep up.the standard of accommodation. All the same, licensed victuallers as a whole were jealous of the reputations of their hotels, especially bv regard to comfortable accomi portion. To rob a hotel of its license was to kill this commendable spirit, THE DTJNEDIN COMMITTEE. . (BT TBLIOBATH— PEEBS AfiSOCTiTIOS.) n,,. : . _ , Dunedln, June 10. iho Licensing Committee granted renewals to tbo Boyal Albert and Wain's Hotel. Four applications, in respect of the Central, Gladstone, Prince of Wales,'and Rainbow Hotels were held- over till the: 21st, and- two of these- must go. Wain's was ordered to close tie back bar, and the licensee consented