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Central Coast · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

28 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Licenses Granted

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 2

Licenses granted at Tuesday evening's meeting of the Gosford Municipal Council were:—Barber's shop: Miss V. G. Pollard,…

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Collapsed In Hotel

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon Frederick Bowen, 56, of Railway Street, Woy Woy, had just had a drink in a bar of an hotel in Woy Woy and sat on a seat, when he…

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Small Goods License

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 8

Mr. T. M. Mulcahy, 134 Mann Street, Gosford. Lisarow branch of the Australian Red Cross will stage a dance and…

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Barbers' Shop Licenses

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 2

J. E. Manning, 160 Mann Street, Gosford; A. Stuart, 137 Mann Street, Gosford; F. J. Brannigan, 115 Mann Street, Gosford; Miss S. Gammell,…

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Refreshment Room Licenses

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 7

Mrs. M. E. Sullens, 176 Mann St., Gosford; T. M. Mulcahy, 134 Mann Street, Gosford; Mrs. A. Dixon, Gosford Racecourse; P. Diacopoulos, 152…

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Street Trading Licenses. Serious Problem in Shire

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 1

Mr. J. Chappin, owner of a fish shop at The Entrance, told Erina Shire Council yesterday that a man, who was selling fish in the street outside The Entrance Hotel, came into his fish shop and tried to persuade one…

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Modern Chilling Plant at Union Hotel

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 1

Said to be the first of its kind in stalled in any country hotel, Mr." Nick Devery has had installed at the Union Hotel, Gosford, a chilling…

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Retired Publican Fined For Drunken Driving License Cancelled for 12 Months

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 6

"I don't care what becomes of me, I won my rink to-day." So, according to the Police, sang a prominent member of the Woy Woy Bowling Club, William John Chas…

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Ourimbah Hotel License Proposed Transfer To The Entrance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 1

An application has been made to have the "Royal Exchange" Hotel at Ourimbah removed to The Entrance. Strong opposition to the proposal is being voiced at Ourimbah, and a protest meeting will be held in the…

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Ourimbah Hotel Public Meeting Strongly Objects To Removal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 1

Attended by more than 80 residents of the Ourimbah district, a meeting in the Ourimbah School of Arts on Wednesday night passed a…

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Two Terrigal Men Charged Sale Of Liquor Without License Alleged

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 1

David Morgan Burgin and Austin Jessup, of Terrigal, appeared in the Gosford Police Court on Friday charged with having sold liquor…

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Hotel License Transfer Continued From Front Page. Ourimbah

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 8

1939: 1 new dwelling valued at £600. 1940: (January 1 to date) two applications for dwellings Valued at…

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Transfer Of Ourimbah Hotel License Licensing Inspector Would Approve Three Day Sitting

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 1

After three and a half days' hearing, the case in which Tooth & Co., Ltd., are applying for the transfer of the Ourimbah Hotel license to The Entrance is not concluded. Evidence against the transfer was still being heard…

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Building Plans Proposed Hotel

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 6

Amongst plans approved at Monday's meeting of Erina Shire Council were the following: Mr. A. E. Watkins for Mr. R. Allen, dwelling at…

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Hotel License Transfer Verdict Next

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 3

The verdict of the Licensing Magistrates in the Ourimbah Hotel license transfer matter will be delivered at 9 a.m. on Saturday next by the Chairman, Mr J.D. Laidlaw…

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Wine License Terrigal Application

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 1

In the Gosford Quarterly Licensing Court last week, Percy Reuben Sheean, Terrigal storekeeper, made an application for a wine and spirit…

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Union Hotel Best Instate

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 1

Speaking during the license transfer application hearing at the Special Licensing Court at Gosford on Thursday, Mr…

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Wine & Spirit Merchant's License

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 8

There appears to have been a certain amount of misapprehension amongst Terrigal residents with regard to the application by Mr. P. R…

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Hotel Transfer Refused "Modern Hotel Should Be Built At Ourimbah"

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 4

The application by Tooth and Co. to transfer the Ourimbah Hotel license to The Entrance has been refused. Giving their reserved decision at the Gosford Court-house on Saturday morning, Messrs. J. M. Laidlaw…

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Ourimbah Hotel Appeal Residents Determined To Oppose

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 8

Messrs. Tooth and Company have lodged an appeal against the Licensing Court's refusal to allow the removal of the Ourimbah Hotel to a…

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