WAIRAU LICENSING COMMITTEE.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 128, 2 June 1920, Page 3

WAIRAU LICENSING COMMITTEE.

ANNUAL MEETING.

s The annual meeting of the "\Vairaxt • Licensing.' Committee was held in the JL'tenheinv . Courthouse yesterday. There were present: Messrs P. 1/. Boilings, S.M- (charm am;, H. Jellyman, J. B. ttayher, G. JUaitland, C. Hart, W. Cowin. Senior-Sergeant Clnrkson represented the "police, and Mr James Johnston the Health Department. i , ISSUES AND .RENEWALS. The- following is the list of hotels and applicants -for licences, as new .indues xor reiownls:—Club Hotel, Blenheim, Ernest Limbrick; Criterion Hotel, Blenheim, lienry MeArtriey; Grosvenor Hotel, Blenheim, Mrs A. T. Dakin; Masonic Hotel, Blenheim, Alex Tucker; Empire l-ioireV Blenheim, Thomas Keating; Marlboro ugh. Hotel, -Blenheim, John Fnrry; Commercial Hotel, Blenheim, Peter- Creedon; Oxloy's Hotel, Picton, Mrs I\l. Oxley; Federal Hotel, lie-ton, W. l?ennison: Terminus Hotel, Pit-ton, James Gleave; Post (Office Hotel, Picton, Timothy Norton; Clarendon Hotel, Picton, Alfred Curtiss.; ' Grovetown Ilotel, Arthur TV. Daniels; Junction Hotel, Spring Creek, Percy J. l-'attcivion; Ferry Hotel, Spring Creek,_ Henry Pudsey; Tua Marina' Hotel, Jolm T. Watson; Okarnmio Accommodation House, John yruTiihuil; Post Office Hotel, H.avelock, Levi Smith; Commercial Hotel, •Hn velock, Johanna Kelly; AUvsonic ' Hocel', ETavelock, James Wareham; Hotel Linkwater, Mahakipnwa, G. M. Hattersley; Shaw's Hotel. Ren wick, Mrs S. M. Shaw; .Ren wick Arms, Renwick, John W. .Uobinsou; Wairau Valley Accommodation House, James C. Kirkwood; Scarborough Hotel, Seddon, James Fis-jher; IVloms Hotel, Canva.stown, Reginald B. Chapman; Kaituna Accommodation House, Mrs, M. 0. Greeti; . Waihopai Accommodation House,' A. R. Stodmnn ; Jordan Accommodation Boiuse, Bernard Chapman; Tophouse Accommodation Houf.e, James Gilchrist; Belgrove Hotel, Mrs Elwyn 'Stockton; Wakefield Hotel,. Mrs«-Margaret Gambord ; Foxhifl Hotel,. VChWrjes William Barlow ; Brightwater Hotel, David Lewis ■'Rees; Motupiko 'Hotel; Henry Ritson Jane; .Terminus "'Hotel,■'':Kohatu, Albert■ W;'- Grindle. ' ■ ■■• :; PERSONAL' APPEAR ANCE.

Mr Churchward, representing one

of the applicants in the Nelson district, asked for a ruling as to the attendance of applicants at the meeting of the committee. The chairman said that it would be sufficient-if they were represented by their solicitor, unless it was lecessary for them to be present to answer serious .objections.., ■ ]\lr. Maitland recalled that a former committee laid it do^'n as a ]jrinr:iple that applicants should attend fit ldasfc once a. year f-o that the committee1" would "see them personally. Mr R. McCalum also pointed nut that pe.rso7ial' attendance would' impose a- liarclship on distant applicants. ...The. chairman said .that if a former coninij'tteo had expressed a desire that licensees should put, in a personal apuearaaice at least once a ye.ar that wish should be respected as far •as possible; but the committee tvould be reasonable -in the matter. ■ THE 'APPLICATIONS.

For the most part the reports of the police and the ' Her.lfch Officer with respect to the various licensed houses were that tilings : were satisfactory, and in these cases' the 'applications were granted in quick .succession. But in a number of cases'it wfts represented' that repairs or building improvements were desirable,- and in. these instance's the comn ittee held the ai)plicatioris over for three months. OUT-OF-DATE BFILDI-NG."

Tre Junction .Hotel, at Spring Creek, was described a-s structurally quite out of date. •••The 'Owners, it was stated, wero Staples and Co., of Welliu^ton. Mr liayner moved that this application bo held over till the next quarterly meeting and the owners ho notified, that if the place was not rebuilt the_ committee would '.refuse 'to issue a license. He referred to the fact that.themembers, of the committee had frequently expressed dissatisfaction with the character of the building.-./ ■:. ]-"'' ..■;,,.'•/■>/ •' \ :.:y," t -•,■':■'■ \ Th«vchaarmah saictihe- di3. : no.o>:tliirilc the. committee i could go. to the extent of ■demanding, a new, building. '' He sxiggested that the motion be altered to read that the ..plnce- must be brought up to the required standard. Anyhow, this, to all appearances, meant the same thing as complete reconstruction. Mr R-ayiier, did not feel inclined to vary ivhe terms ©f his motion. The chairman then moved an amendment that the application be held over till the next quarterly neeting. aaid the owners be notifieaS that the 'house must be brought up to the rtandard required by the Health Officer Avithin that time, or the license' %v-ould be- refused. The amendment was carried. OTHK RESERVATION'S.

In, the case of the Criterion Hotel, J>'.enheim, the application was held over for three months, the owners and the licensee to be informed that if the committee's requirements in regard to repairs hod not been effected in that timt> the license would be definitely refused. Similar resolutions were passed in respect to the following hotels: — Feny (Spring Creek), "Post Office j (Haveloek), Masonic (H.avelock), I Felorus, and one or two hotels on the I Nelson side.

The Okarnmio application* was held

I over for thj;ee months, the licensee J being required to re-furnish the I houf=e (from which the furniture had I been removed by the former licensee) |to the" satisfaction . of the Health J Officer, and to effect some minor rei pairs.

j In the case of the Commercial ) Hotel -(Blenheim) which was destroyI cd by fire recently, •it was reported a that a. temporai'y bar was being conI ducted. The application was' held | over till the next quarterly meeting, \ the owner and licensee to'be informed that rebuilding plans would have to be submitted. "for the apI'roval of the committee: otlidnvise llio license would be definitely re fused., .. '■ ■■' '■'... ■•"