WALLACE HOTELS

Southland Times, Issue 21099, 3 June 1930, Page 11

WALLACE HOTELS

MEETING OF LICENSING COMMITTEE.

(From Our Correspondent.)

The annual meeting of the Wallace Licensing Committee was held at Riverton yesterday. There were present: Messrs C. E. Levvey (chairman), J. Korrell, A. Bulman, J. Forde, J. Fleck and W. Templeton.

The following applications were dealt with:— Transfers: McGillivray, Thomas, to Robert Daley, Travellers’ Rest Hotel, Drummond; Crawford, Robert Fleming to Henry Craven McGavock, Elbow Hotel, Lumsden.

New Licenses, publicans: Hawke, Nellie, Wallace County Hotel, Riverton; Irvine, Frederick Henry, Criterion Hotel, Round Hill; Fahey, Patrick Andrew, Thornbury Junction Hotel, Thornbury; Cahill, Michael, Shamrock Hotel, Fairfax; Muir, Thomas Clarke, Railway Hotel, Otautau; McGavock, Henry Craven, Elbow Hotel, Lumsden. Accommodation: Ostlund, Bernard Ernest, Railway Hotel, Mandeville; Daley, Robert, Travellers’ Rest Hotel, Drummond. Renewal, publicans: Clark, James, Aparima Hotel, Riverton; McLean, James Deans, Railway Hotel, Riverton; McKay, Scobie Donald, Globe Hotel, Riverton; Walker, Richard John, Great Western Hotel, Riverton; Trembath, William, Carriers’ Arms Hotel, Riverton; Wilson Frederick Herman, Wilson Family Hotel, Orepuki; Mulqueen, Daniel Matthew, Railway Hotel, Orepuki; Egcrton, Thomas, Railway Hotel, Colac Bay; O’Brien, Michael, Crown Hotel, Otautau; Keith, Sarah, Otautau Hotel, Otautau; Marshall, James, Commercial Hotel, Wairio; Boyle, Frank, Railway Hotel, Nightcaps; Stewart, Emily Elizabeth, Railway Hotel, Dipton; Crosbie, Francis James, Railway Hotel, Mossburn; Brookes, Horace Bruce Melville, Waiau Hotel, Tuatapere; Leitch, Arthur Angus Kingston, Royal Mail Hotel, Lumsden; Crosbie, Joseph Michael, Railway Hotel, Lumsden; Gee, Leonard, Riversdale Hotel, Riversdale; Kelly, William, Railway Hotel, Riversdale; Berryman, Christie, Commercial Hotel, Waikaia; McMillan, Christopher, Empire Hotel, Waikaia; Accommodation: Peek, Alfred Samuel, All Nations Hotel, Wreys Bush; Govan, Ernest Charles, Te Anau Hotel, Tc Anau; Grant, George, Longridge Hotel, Balfour; Padget, Leslie Turnbull, Parawa Junction Hotel, Parawa; Corcoran, Dennis, Royal Hotel, Waikaka. Wholesale: Helm and Dickson, Riverton. Miscellaneous: Trembath, William, application to change name of hotel to Trembath’s Hotel.

All the applications were granted with the following exceptions: Globe Hotel, Riverton; Great Western Hotel, Riverton; Crown and Otautau Hotels, Otautau; Railway, Mossburn; Commercial, Waikaia; Empire, Waikaia; Parawa Junction, Parawa; Royal, Waikaka. The chairman said the committee was in favour of having septic tanks erected at these hotels, and the applications would be adjourned to the September meeting. Where sufficient water was not available the committee would perhaps come to some suitable arrangements with the licensees.

An application for an extension of the bar in (lie Travellers’ Rest Hotel, Drummond, by Robert Daley was refused. Mr J. A. C. Mackenzie, on behalf of the Riverton publicans, asked that they be allowed to extinguish the lamp lights at a certain hour instead of having to burn them all night. The chairman advised counsel to put in an application for same, and the matter would be considered at the September meeting of the committee. Inspector McCarthy, who represented the police, reported favourably on the conduct of the hotels.