THE WERAOA HOTEL LICENSE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 May 1912, Page 2

THE WERAOA HOTEL LICENSE.

To the Editor. Sir, —11 is really ludicrous to hear .some of the reasons that arc hemy advanced against the removal of the above license to a more suitable and convenient .site, and were it not for the I act that so many of them are absolutely incorrect, 1 should not consider it worth my while to waste time to reply to any of them. It is said that the building i.s only to contain six rooms. "Why, sir. the plans provide lor over fifty rooms, at a cost ot nearly 000. and when the whole scheme is completed it will hi' the handsomest block in the borough. Tlii.s la rue expenditure is sufficient to guarantee that the new hotel will lie run in lirst - class style, a* otherwise it will prove unprovable. It j.- e'eiierally admitted that S roni a 'business point of view, the new site is much better than the old one, and visitors to Levin are constantly complaining about the scarcity of first-class accommodation near the biiMiiess centre. The active opponents to the change are those l who own sections at fhe South end ol the borough, and it is interesting to hear the arguments they 'briny forward against the removal. They have suddenly become interested in the welfare of the school children, and talk wildly of drinkin-r shops, etc. If this hotel i.s all they try to make one believe it i.s, why should they object to lose it? Fortunately, very few an l hciU!> beguiled bv their arguments into si.uninjr the petition, etc. I have lived in the district for twenty years, and I maintain that the new hotel at the corner <if Durham street is an C'sential. --""t ours, etc.. AY.W/rKi: ItYDKK.