TO STAMP OUT TIPPING
• INVERCARGILL;, Oct.. 24. . Aleasures to e'limimife the- tipping. of stewards by the public in Trust hotels, are being taken oy the Invercargill f Licensing Trust. It was decided at a meeting todav that auv stewanl found acce]>ting tips would l)e instantly dis missed. "It has been brought to our notice that there have been instances of ti}) ping bv gustoiners, " said the chairman. Alr. Ilugh Ritchie. "This praetice is not aceording to the ctistom of the Trust and we are going to stanip it out. ' ' Information from America showed that tho tipping praetice was becoming 4 a menace, Alr. Ritchie added. There ' the position had reached the stage where the ordiiiarv rank and lile who could not alford to tip a waiter. were unable to obtain many of the driuks availabie. ■ Alembers of tlie Trust agreecl that often stewards were placed m an awk ward position as some persons insisted on tipping them. However, the Trust was determined to prevent the praetice growing in Trust liotels.
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 October 1946, Page 5
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