HOTEL WORKERS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16801, 3 April 1919, Page 8

HOTEL WORKERS.

To the' Editor of the H'lolrl." oif, —±u your report.or Vn<i inseting of woikei's la UiUiKcMurcu, Air,) J\.eninedjy secretary ot tueir uii.ua, -j*;: as having iuuci.3 a- grossly ms-eading statement. lie saiu tiut •'14,000 u«tel and brewery wor'Keiv.-woui-d bo immediately ariecttd t>y -lii-' j carrying of prohibit-on. 1 ' Tais is simply! not true. By far the-greater .number.'; of tliese workers are' connected with the accommodation part of liots-.-kccping;, and will not be adversely affected by prohibition. As a matter of fact (accord rig to the N«w Zealand ofn-jial. Year Book) less than 2,60i> workers are. enipLoyed in the whole dsminon. nti conection with the .liquor part of .'ibtelke'piag, and in - conection ivth all' brewing, hcttlirig etc. ' Only 'about half, of tliis with the bars' of the. hotels. Under prohibition there wjl'l stiJl be a travelling public. Many people will bo,'in-, a pagitiaa i'or, travelling and'tor paying'far accommodation. w-ithout liquor bars (we have such at present) will re-, qu- i'o managers, sscretaiies, stewards, s-oiwauts, clerks'etc., .to.-the hil number that are now employed, and pospib'y more. . Jnvercargud ha? proved tlr's. Th;'- l : Rai:way Hotsl" has been oulcgid by fourteen rooms, the "Or--terioa'' by thhtjen- rooms, the "Supremo Ooait" (not the : -'o.ch'") by j uvw" tn'irty rooms, in auu.toa \m •'cranu" aa-, tM-Ui bu..ii —a ni.iv four- ! f.to"etl bui-d'a-g conti.i-ii.ng sovsn'y-tsvo [ looms, thoroug-iiiy *. Alorj puop-e are eu.p.oyeu 'm t.ie hotos of ■ ~n.vu.rcai gal ■ to-aay than -n the days ! of and so the stat-meiir, of Air i Kunnecly js utter'y absurd. Equally ni.-s.eacimg is ifjis statement that hotel and brewery workers havJ .it;-.e ciianc© | of getting any" componsnton. The Xaw Zeauind. Alliance insisted that tho workers shouiU ba compcniatad, aud if any are thrown out of employment they arc just as sure of ■•t'.io.:r conipsiisatiqn as the publican or. brewer j s of his. T' lis is secured by the Act of Parhamsnt. Mr Kennedy will have io t?y tome better argument? in his endeavour ti persuade tlic .p'ople io vote against prohibition. I am. et-.. . THOMAS STINSON.