ISOLATED HOTELS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19571, 18 August 1933, Page 4

ISOLATED HOTELS

POWER TO REMOVE LICENSES. Difficulties which have been experienced in regard to hotels which are removed from main highways as a result of road deviations are to be ventilated in Parliament, the Bay of Plenty Licensing Committee having given notice of its intention to introduce a local bill to deal with the matter. The action is the direct outcome of the position of the Motu Hotel, which has been of comparatively little service to the travelling public since the opening of the new Waioeka route on the road between Gisborne and Auckland, but which under the existing licensing laws cannot be moved. The proposed amendment’ was endorsed by various local bodies, and some time ago the Licensing Committee carried a resolution urging an amendment of the law. The object of the bill, as stated in an official notice, is to provide that, notwithstanding anything in the main Act, where a principal public highway has been or is diverted, the committee may order the removal of any license to a more convenient site if the committee is satisfied that such removal is necessary to provide sufficient accommodation for persons travelling in the locality.