PRIVATE HOTEL TARIFFS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22509, 17 September 1938, Page 16

PRIVATE HOTEL TARIFFS

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NEW SYSTEM 'PBOPOBED - -'-ft Tariffs of private hotels are to bt '_ £ increased, according to a resolutiott passed at a meeting of the Canterbury Private Hotels Proprietors' As- T \ sociation. -The resolution was as foi- -'■.-% lows: — - -, - - ir j?r| "That owing to further increase -% in wages,- increase' in rates, and of foodstuffs and-.materials, the sociation,_in company with other sociations in the catering finds -it necessary? to obtain tional, revenue to meet these 'tional charges, and with this object *££ in viewiresolyes .that-all tariffs, c%*-' ual and permanent, be - cordmgly." - - < '^p_,f The meeting gave full ,tion to the provisions of the award introduced on September *and" it way. stated thatiihe in wages and the restrictions on ployees had forced employers tojpgjj consider seriously adjustments vS-t£& staff arrangements. It was felt that * in the interests of the public, es- - v|i pecially tourists, everything >*"jf be done to ensure' adequate f acili-. f|i ties. _- . . .. _- 1^ The meeting also decided to invite -k; other private hotel associations to/.jj consider , seriously . the abolition „; throughout' New Zealand of the present system of full tariff- and board, and catering-for bed and breakfast- --; only. ' It was.-stated thatilhe over- j? head, which was excessive' under the ;J present system, would be reduced : - considerably under the bed and --•' breakfast system, less staff would .'* be required, and less foodstuffs con- % i sumed. • .*" I It was decided that if "this pro- y; posal was favourably considered, the licensed hotels should be invited . '„:; to co-operate in the same system. - \ .Concern was expressed at the lack ~ of young people learning the trade of - hotel chef, and as an extreme short- r; age was foreseen in the near future, ;?-;, it was recommended to the hotel .*?£ employees' union the Institution of. *fe. a course of instruction at technical schools or elsewhere, and-the tution of a graded "system of. cates for chefs. The association, ik§ffP was stated, would be prepared co-operate, with the object of im- v?Droving the. standard- of hotel - cook- "' 'v ins: generally and the efficiency and , [ rating of the employees. t *