HOTEL CONDITIONS
COMMITTEES BLAMED “A FARCE AND A JOKE ” P.A. WELLINGTON. Nov. 13. Poor conditions in many hotels in New Zealand were due to lack of supervision by the licensing committees, said Mr T. F. Doyle in the Legislative Council to-night during the debate on the Masterton Licensing Restoration Bill. The licensing committees to-day were only a farce and a joke, and did not do their job, he said. They heard the reports of the police and health officers, and the licences were handed out. The committees did not inspect the hotels and some committees did not even know where the hotels were situated.
Before the annual meetings of the licensing committees, the Health Department, police and local authorities inspected the premises, said Sir William Perry, who added that Mr Doyle was not being fair to the licensing committees. There were cases in which committees adjourned the granting of licences until improvements were made.
The licensing committees were hampered by lack of power to do what they wanted, said Sir William. Their powers should be extended so that the committees could function efficiently and effectively.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26618, 14 November 1947, Page 4
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