"This is a worker's pub": the publican compelled to call the time

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HAMISH MCNEILLY

Updated on 20:27, July 5, 2018

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Publican Stephen Clark on the closure of the Heff Hotel, ordered by the authorities.

Longtime boss John McConnell has been coming to Heff since he was 16 years old.

The 73-year-old retired says he can not believe that the authorities have ordered the closure of the infamous Dunedin bar at the end of the month.

"It's there that I meet all my comrades … I do not want to go anywhere else."

Publican Stephen Clark of Heff says the closure of the South Dunedin pub will hit the local community hard

He calls the pub every day after delivering Otago Daily Times, the purchase of two big bottles of DB with his Heff loyalty card.

"I talk to people who come in and throw some dirt around."

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Stephen Clark, Heff publican and longtime patron John O "Connell.

Concerns about drunk clients, lack of menu and previous indiscretions, including a trail of gangs leading to a fight, and opening on Christmas Day, PMRA canceled the Bar license on July 31st.

Clark, 56, accused police of being in and "looking for faults".

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Publicist Stephen Clark's pub Dunedin of Heff was closed by the authorities

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His clientele consisted of retirees, beneficiaries and low-income workers … that's South Dunedin. "

" They want to come here, have fun and relax. "

His mother owned the bar for eight years, while Clark, the career bartender and manager, occupied operations.

" We run this hotel very strictly. "

On weekends, up to 40 people may be at the hotel., And the police love to crush them. "

He cited an example of a police charge In reality, the police Man was "mentally handicapped and never had a drink of his life".

The widely reported incident of the wake of a gang member who was descending into a fight

The deceased was a former gang member who used to drink at pub. His family wanted some of his ashes to spill out into the parking lot, he said.

Sergeant Ian Paulin, Harm Reduction Agent for Alcohol, Stated Stuff that Clark was "adequately warned and timely" to rectify the problems identified by the authority when He issued suspensions in 2012 and 2017.

A liquor sales license was a privilege that a vast majority of cardholders took very seriously, Paulin said.

Clark said that he took his job seriously.

"The police do not like people in the class to meet.

Clark says he had free coffee and tea, which was popular with some people who never spent a penny at the bar

"It's a meeting place".

He enjoyed playing music for retirees on a Tuesday afternoon: "It's the highlight of their week".

The hotel is busy later in the afternoon, with the most popular drink a big bottle of Speight at $ 10.

"That's why we get a lot of low-income people c There were ten people living in the hotel, including Clark and his 80-year-old mother, who had to find new homes by the end of the month.

"You're too soft, McConnell, who is on his second beer, tells Clark on the other side of the bar

"You're the kindest, most f *** guy in South Dunedin."

These comments made referring to the fact that some people in the hotel were not paying for accommodation, and Clark was lending to people money that was often not paid.

"You can not not extract the blood from a stone. "I'm going to leave here without anything," Clark said.

"And I'll never have a job again in this industry," he said. ;have lost my manager's license indefinitely, "Clark, who decided not to appeal,

During Christmas 2016, Clark decided to start a private party for some regulars. The bar was visited by the police and the PMRA ordered the bar closed for seven days and the suspension of Clark's certificate of management for 42 days

while his clients were finally returning, they now have less money. # 39; option. They would probably go to the pensions of the city, while those who take a drink and a company would go where the day or the night would lead them, he says.

It will not be at Heff's. people have said 'you have not lost your ad, you have lost our pub'. "

                
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