HOTEL LEASES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 214, 4 June 1919, Page 9

HOTEL LEASES

:..■■ ; "..',.-•" ■; '■■» --••■■. ' LicENSBSEELD.UP IN CHRIST- ..: .'.'.; "'.OIiUECH. With' a view of ascertaining how many hotels in Christchurch are '.'tied, , : and. hoiviriiiiiy are "fi'ee,". th'ii Ohristchinvh Licensing. Bdiicli decided, at the annual metlinjf'dn Mobday; the granting of renewals' or transfers of licenses for a. forhiifeht, in order, that, in the 'meantime, it could have an opportu:iil:y bl' periling, tlie leases of licensees, -sho - .! , - iug encumbrance;,'in the foriil bf •Jiib'rl.ga{(es,.'.(!tc. '~'-■■ :. This important decision camp as ni di;.cided'suti/rlse, and Mr. J.' A. Cassidy, ■who itppcircd ..for several licensees, ssiid : "The' committee will Imve a good ileal uf woik.'to gb , through, then." "Thai »■• what we arc here for," eait! Dr Thtickev. . . ■ ■ , ■'.' Tlie decision of the committee was im-Tiouuccd.-sliorlly (ifMr'tlie.dninial report of the Public Health Officer had beuil submitted. Dr. Chessou, in his .-rt'l'ort, ndid that'the annual .inspection of hotels was -caiTiYd o'iit, arf Usual, l)y Chlei-lii-spiibtor KSreliiiw/in conjunction with officers of the' Police Force. The present cbiidition of.urire'st and consequent uncertainty of teinirc, he added, • made, him difhdent iibbiit -Biking for more than ;be bedrock requirements, and .' the recommendation's had accordingly been made and-did -not. ■ therefore; , ' indicate , , bi-brythiiiythat, urii der' more favourable circumstances, would be considered necessary.