ADVERSE REPORTS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 84, 23 June 1944, Page 5

ADVERSE REPORTS

CONDITIONS AT HOTEL

RENEWAL OF LICENSE HELD UP

When the. application for a renewal of a publican's license for the Waerenga-a-hika Hotel, hika, came before the Bay of Plenty Licensing Committee at its annual meeting in the Opotiki Courthouse recently, an unsatisfactory state of affairs was revealed. The applicant, Mr James Forshaw was represented by Mr E. A. Bun'kall, the owner was represented by Mr Nugent, while Inspector McLean of, Gisborne represented the Police. Inspector McLean paid that this was one of the groggiest hotels hY( had seen, and one in which Mr and he would not care to sleep. He asked that the application be adjourned until the quarterly meeting. He saw the hotel years ago Avhen it Avas perfectly clean, but during the past 4y 2 years it had fallen down in standard. He was sorry to have to say this. He had allowed for the Hoods, but floods did not go upstairs. Old mattresses had been dumped on the front, verandah. Mr Bunkall said that lie was authorised to say that the work of reconditioning would be done and that most of it had already been attended to. The chairman, Mr E. L. Walton S.M., referred to that portion of the report which stated that the general conditions were dirty and that the hotel required a thorough cleaning. At the conclusion of the sitting the chairman moved that the annual meeting be. adjourned to September 8 to deal with this application. The motion was carried. Taneatua Hotel When the application for renewal of accommodation license for" the Taneatua Hotel came before the committee, the Police report stated that the whole place generally was in a very bad state on account of its age. The floors in most of Jthe bedrooms were dangerous on account. of a lot of them being rotten, while the floors in the commercial and dining rooms were just as bad. The Inspector of. Police reported that the hotel was very well conducted, the furnishings were, good, and the hotel was kept clean. However, the building and outbuildings were in a shocking state of repair, and something must, be done to put it in a reasonable state of repair until such time as a new hotel could be erected. Mr N. V. Hodgson who appeared for the applicant, said that most of the carpentering work was already completed, painting and papering had been done, and the plumbers would be there on the following week. The work would have been! done long before, but. labour was not obtainable. The chairman said that it would be too much to expect rebuilding at the moment. The application for renewal of; the. License was granted. Manuitahi Hotel In connection with the application for renewal of accommodation license for the Manutahi Hotel, Ruatoria, the Health report stated that the disposal of drainage from the septic tank and house water was unsatisfactory and required reconstructing so as to dispose of the water in a sanitary manner. Mr Nugent, who appeared for the applicant, said that he thought the difficulty would be overcome in a short space of, time. Additional land had been obtained for the purpose, of drainage. The application: Avas granted subject to the Health requisition i>eing complied with. Applications in connection Avith all other hotels Avere granted, in some cases subject to requisitions being complied with. The publican's license for the Royal Hotel, Opotiki, was transferred from John David to Charles William Mcllveen. Allen. Accommodation fees for all hotels Avere. fixed at the same rate as last year.