NINE HOTELS FOR INVERCARGILL

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 189, 9 May 1944, Page 6

NINE HOTELS FOR INVERCARGILL

Licensing Trust Decisions (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, May 8. Far-reaching decisions relating to the establishment of licensing hotels in Invercargill and suburbs were made by the Invercargill Licensing Trust tonight. H was decided to arrange for the purchase, of four hotel properties in the city area apd five suitable properties in the suburbs. That means that Invercargill will have at least nine hotels when all arrangements for their establishment are completed. The suburbs selected, for the hotels are Avenal, North Invercargill, EnWood, Appleby, and probably East End. The trust also made it elear that it intended to take over the complete control of all liquor which comes into Invercargill Licensing District. It maintains that if. such a step is not taken, unlimited supplies of liquor from other sources would be brought into the district, and the intentions of the trust to improve the licensing laws would thus be defeated. It is not expected that negotiations for the purchase of properties will be completed in time to open them as licensed hotels on July 1, and for that reason temporary bars will be set up. In the meantime the Commissioner of Works. Mr. J. Fletcher, will visit Invercargill this week and will confer with the members of the trust about alterations to the hotels the trust intends to purchase, mid the erection of new buildings. Representatives of the building-trade in Invereargill will be invited to attend the meeting with Mr Fletcher. ,

About, one hundred applications have already been received for the position of secretary-manager of the trust. They are from all parts of' New Zealand.