HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15835, 4 June 1919, Page 2

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.

CHRISTCHURCH COMPLAINTS. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 2. At a meeting of the Licensing Committee to-day the chairman stated that he had visited many hotels in Christchurch, and in some the accommodation was so bad that he was considering the question of condemning certain premises. Complaints had been made to the committee of travellers being refused meals because they asked for them after the schedule time. The chairman pointed out that the licensees were also innkeepers and were bound to supply meals at any time of the day or night, and must also provide accommodation for travellers as long as it was available. The penalties for non-compliance with the law were very heavy. The Health Officer’s report recommended certain alterations to the bars and premises of a number of hotels, some of which, the chairman stated, were beyond the jurisdiction of the committee. The committee adjourned for a fortnight, the chairman stating that all the licensees who are lessees must produce a statement showing any encumberanoes on their leasee.