CONDUCT OF HOTELS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 128, 4 June 1929, Page 11

CONDUCT OF HOTELS

3RSSPOBT BY THE POLICE

QUESTION OF FIRE ESCAPES

Toe chairman (Mr. E. Page, S.M.) presided at the annual meeting of the Wellington Licensing Committee held in the Magistrate's Court to-day. Other members of the committee also on. the Bench were Messrs. G. Petherick, f! Meadowcroft, M. A. Carr,, W. I. Clark,and B. Darroeh. Inspector Rawle represented .the police.

Mr. Page said that the* report of the Inspector of Police, after giving details of the houses, stated that the conduct of the hotels during the past quarter had Ijeen^ satisfactory. Two licensees had;tieeit'Conxicted, and there had.beeu number'of convictions in respect of people having been found on licensed premises after hours. There were one or two general matters the committee wished to refer to. The first concerned fire escapes, particularly in relation to wooden buildings. The committee wished the inspector to submit to the next quarterly meeting de•tails of the type of fire escape used on each licensed house, with special reference to the old wooden buildings, which probably were a greater danger than the more modern concrete or brick buildings. They wished to see that the fire escapes were really ade/quate and there was proper precaution in case of a sudden fire.

"One other suggestion that comes from the committee/ continued Mr. Page, "is that a representative of the Building Department of the City Council should accompany the police and Health Department's representatives at the annual inspection of the houses to express his opinion on the buildings, alterations, and'proposed alterations." Another matter-was the inspection of liquor. ..■ >■

Inspector Bawle said that the inspection of liquor was a matter for the Health Department. A representative of the Health Department said the practice was to' inspect hotels about which there was §omo suspicion and also houses about which complaints were received. Inspector Eawlo stated' that a City ' Council building inspector had been present last year when all the licensed hotels were examined. Of the total number it was fouud that only five re-' quired attention, and two of them had since been demolished. It was considered the fire escapes were adequate, but s» report, as requested, would be prepared for the next meeting. TRANSFERS. Tho following transfers were granted:—City Hotel, Gilbert James Young to Atkinson Brown; Cricketers' Arms Joseph Quinn to Walter Archibald Bell; Post Office Hotel, Alfred Gustofson to Albert Wilfrid Harris; Britannia Hotol Thomas Malachi Brennan to William Benjamin Taylor; Te Aro Hotel, KenBeth Kennedy -to Thomas Malaehi Brennan. NEW APPLICATIONS.

JSJTow applications in respect of old' houses were approved as follow:—Pier Hotel, Joshua Slade; Prince of Wales Hotel, Ernest Thomas Home; Britannia Hotel, William Benjamin Taylor; City Hotel, Atkinson .Brown; Post Office Hotel, Albert Wilfred Harris; Brunswick Hotel, Eobert Berryman; Terminns Hotel, Stephen Frederick*Hock©tt; Tramway Hotel, Charles John M'Pariand; Cricketers' Arms, Walter Archibald Bell; Te Aro Hotel. Thomas Jttalacni Brennan. RENEWALS OP LICENSES. .Renewals of licenses were granted tp. the following caßes:—Midland Hotel, Joseph Dwyer; Central Hotel, Louis William Cross; Boyal Hotel, Mary Hendry; New Clarendon Hotel, Randal Welch; Alhambra Hotel, John James Oliver; Albion Hotel, Thomas Beaumont Dwan; Caledonian Hotel, Edith Ivory; Thistle Inn, Cox Gordon; New Occidental Hotel, William Beveridge; Barrett's Hotel, Bobert Fairweather; Clyde Quay Hotel,- Leyi Smith; Dominion Hotel, Thomas .'Wea'therburn; Cambridge Hotel, Leslie Sleightholme; Duke q£ Edinburgh, Stanislaus John-White-ford; Masonic HoteJ, Edward Cassells Harnett; New Zealan'der Hotel, Cissy Myra Brough; Panama Hotel, Henry Hyde; Hotel Cecil, James M'Pariand; Kew Commercial Hotel, Charles Boyle; Gresham Hotel, Patrick Joseph Griffin; Shamrock. Hotel, Thomas' Moran; Victoria Hotel, Timothy Dominic Kelliher; foresters' Arms, Percy Herbert Hayvrard; Gilmer's Boyal Oak Hotel, Alfred Lulham; Imperial Hotel, Mary RyanMetropolitan Hotel, Bridget Eyan; Wellington Hotel, Michael Martin O'Eielly; Western Park Hotel, John James Firth; Princess Hotel, James Elleray; Carlton Hotel, Alasdair Macdonald; Empire Hotel, John Timmins; National Hotel, John Joseph Quinn; Boyal Tiger Hotel, Norah- Eyan; Te Aro Hotel, Kenneth Kennedy. , WHOLESALE LICENSES. The following wholesale liconscs were approved:—Burns, Philp, and Company. Ltd., H. W. Moss, Ltd., William David Dobson, E. T. Taylor and Company, Ltd., Tui Bottling Company, Ltd., Beg-' inald Collins, Limited, Laery, Bever- 1 idge, and Company, Ltd., Johnston and Company, Ltd., Murray, Roberts, and Company, Ltd., Penfold'a Wines, Ltd., Hardwicke and Eobertson, Ltd., The Wairarapa Farmors' Co-operative Association, Ltd., Gilmer's Eoyal Oak Hotel, Ltd., Ellis and Manton, Ltd., • John M'llraith, Arthur Young and Campbell Young, Herbert William Preston, Gollin and Company Proprietary, Ltd., Levin and Company, Ltd., Sharland and Company, Ltd.

The s.s. Wahine and the s.s. Tiimahine were granted packet licenses. ~ Mr, Page said the committee would make an order so that it would not be necessary for licensees to keep the main lights burning on their premises after closing time.

' On the application of Mr. W. Perry who appeared xm behalf of the licensee «f the Albert Hotel, the auestion of a licence was adjourned until the next quarterly meeting.. Mr. C. A. L. Treadwell said that consideration was being given to the rebuilding of the Railway Hotel in Thorndon quay. The application for a renewal of license was adjourned until the quarterly meeting. It was stated that certain repairs were required in the case of the Grand Hotel, and alterations to the cellar at' the White Swani An adjournment was granted in both cases.