“No Tie, No Meal”
(Rec. 11.30 a.m.) CANBERRA, Feb. 5. The quaint custom in Australia, that no matter what the temperature diners in a hotel restaurant must wear suit coats, collars and ties, shows no sign of dying out. The Minister of Information, Mr. Calwell, was turned away from the dining room of the Hotel Canberra when lunch was being served because he was wearing a suit and open-necked shirt. On being stopped by the head waiter Mr. Calwell asked where he could get a tie. He was referred to the waiters’ anteroom where a tie was obtained for him. The leader of the British delegation to the South Seas Conference, Mr. Ivor Thomas, was refused a meal at the same hotel because he entered the dining-room a few minutes after 7 p.m. After sitting in the lounge for an hour he asked for a drink and was told the bar was closed. He then ordered breakfast in bed and was tokl the hotel did not supply this service. Diplomats are becoming concerned about the standards of hotel; management, particularly because of the small number of hotels in Canberra.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 5 February 1947, Page 7
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