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AN HOTEL ROOF.

POLICE OBJECT TO LICENSE. On the grounds that the Wainiate Hotel roof was in a bud state and leaking, the police objected to an application for a license at. Tuesday’s meeting of the Egmont Licensing Committee' (the Argus reports). After the application had bee.n adjourned from June and September, Frederick Cobb applied for the issue of the license of the Wainiate Hotel, Manaia, and also fop a transfer of the license to Leonard R, Freeman. Sergeant Henry objected to the granting of th© application, as the hotel was not in a proper state /of repair. Mr. J. Houston said he appeared for the Bank of New Zealand, which was a mortgagee. He was prepared on behalf of the bank te carry out any work necessary for the continuance of the license. He understood that the roof of the hotel was causing the trouble. To Mr. Mowlem, Mr. Houston said that if the committee wished a new roof to be placed on the hotel the Bank of New Zealand would be prepared to do thp work. ,Mu F. (?• Spratt askej what was tne police report. He had received instructions, but a copy of tfie report was npt enclosed. Mr. Mb'Ylem said the police reported that the repairs considered necessary by the comniittee had been carried out with the exception of the roof, which had been repaired. When he visited the hotel on a rainy day, after the roof had been patched, water was leaking mto the drawing-room through the roof, aiid into the urinal. Mi. Spratt said that Mr. Kneebone, who had carried out the repairs, had come to the conclusion that it would be ridiculous to put a new roof on instead of repairing the present one. Iyneebpne,' a plumber, could edv© an explanation of the cause of the roof leaking. A man had been sent out and the roof was now watertight. Even i° bs the. plumbers had to attend to the roof several tinies after ram He asked that Mr. Kneebone be heard on the point, as the rain gave a test which the plumber himself could not obtain. Mr. Mowlem said the committee did pot wish to prejudice any future objection which might be made to the granting ol the application. There was quite a lot to be said, and he wished to spy something. The committee felt, and h© felt, that for a number of years past it had not been dealt with squarely by former licensees and owners. They had been promised that certain things would be done, but as soon sts the application had been granted they had forgotten their promises. Of course, the consequences were that the building 'had become uotally out of repair. R was perfectly plain that a certain amount of repairs had been done, though. The whole question was whether the hotel required a „ i l ew Ll 1 ' oof : and lie wished to make it pertectly plain to everybody interested m the hotel that in the granting of i4ie application no prejudice would be given to any objection that might be made to the committee when the police report came before the next meeting. It was quite clear that ■ the repairs wpi;© not effective on October 31, on which date he visited the hotel. If Bank of New Zealand were agreeable to building a new roof the committee would be satisfied, but the bench would not be satisfied till the work was done. The balcony, his Worship sa!d had been repaired. It had been, a 1 trap instead of an escape in case of fire. Instead of people making an escape they would 7 have fallen into the trap The committee would recommend that the roof be rebuilt. If the owners, and mortgagees did not think a new roof was needed, surely it would be a- fair thing for the coniasb that the roof be painted. Hould that be effective? The committee did not think it would, but it would be a matter for future consideration. Sergeant Henry: Yesterday I visited the hotel, and I could put my finger through the roof. Mr. Mowlem: Yes. I know that. We Up riot wish to prejudice any action, sergeant, which you, as representative ot the geenral public, might bring in June. If the roof is not fit in June, then you harp a perfect right to object There ,s a good deal to be. said,' but i. don t think there is anything other mV the hotel wants a. new roof. Hie applications wpr& granted.

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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 December 1924, Page 3

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AN HOTEL ROOF. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 December 1924, Page 3

AN HOTEL ROOF. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 December 1924, Page 3

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