HUTT LICENSING COMMITTEE
An adjourned meeting of > the Hutt Licensing Committee was held at Lower Hutt this morning. Present: Mr. W, G. Riddell (chairman), and Messrs. J. W. M'Ewan, J. Cotton, H. Ryder, M. Welch, and J. Cudby. In regard to the Family Hotel, Lower Hutt, the Public Trustee stated that repairs costing £250 were now; being carried out, and the Bench granted the license, subject to the repairs being satisfactorily done. The police reported that the Central Hotel, Petone (F. Warring, licensee, for whom Mr. Young appeared, and Staples and Co., owners, for whom Mr. J. J. M'Grath appeared), was in an exceedingly dilapidated condition, and required rebuilding. Evidence as to the soundness of the building. was given for the owners by W. C. Chatfield, architect, W.--H: Bennett, builder, and E. Battersby, painter. After hearing the evidence, the Bench considered that the hotel -was being put in a state of. repair, and it would grant the license subject to the repairs being • carried out before the next quarterly meeting. In addition to the repairs already required, the committee stated that the owners would be required to rebuild one o! the chimneys, put a zinc floor in the bathroom, and rebuild the outside conveniences..
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 152, 27 June 1917, Page 8
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