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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1915

406 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 21

Publican v. Customer

Leader · Wednesday 18 August 1915 · page 1

John McAtamney, of McAtamney Brotners, of the Central Hotel, Orange, sued James Loughnane, at the Orange court yesterday, on two…

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Blue Ribboners Ask for Hotel

Leader · Wednesday 18 August 1915 · page 4

A license for hotel No 2 at Macksville on the Macleay River was granted by the Licensing Court held at Bowraville on Wednesday last…

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Hotel Closing Petitions in the House. "Liberty" v. "Temperance." Monster Petitions Unread Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1915 · page 2

A procession of men and women, followed by a motor-lorry garlanded in rod, white and blue, left the Town Hall for Parliament House at one o'clock…

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Early Closing of Hotels

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1915 · page 2

A petition presented to the Assembly yesterday advocated the closing of liquor bars throughout the State at 6 p.m. It was two miles long, and was signed by 143,572 persons…

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License Refused. Echo of Stolen Property Case

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1915 · page 3

Walter Coventry applied for a second hand dealer's license. The bench slated that objection had been entered by the police on the grounds that the applicant had been…

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Closing Hotels Early

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 7

In the Assembly on Tuesday, a petition nearly two miles long and bearing 144,000 signatures, praying for the closing of liquor…

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Early Closing of Hotel Bars

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 2

A monster demonstration in support of the early closing of hotel bars movement will be held in the Masonic Hull on Monday night. That fine speaker,…

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Pollee Visit Hotels

National Advocate · Monday 23 August 1915 · page 2

On Saturday night Inspector McKenzie and Sergeant Sheehy visited about a dozen hotels in the city, and inspected the premises to see that…

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6 O'clock Closing of Hotels Big Meeting in Bathurst. Resolution Unanimously Carried

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 24 August 1915 · page 2

That this meeting considers Unit the sale of intoxicants during evening hours is productive of grave national and social evils, and…

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Soldiers and Hotels. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 5

In the Legislative Dr. Arthur (Middle Harbor) asked the Premier if the Government proposed to take any action with regard to the…

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A Fine Hotel

Leader · Friday 27 August 1915 · page 5

The Gilgandra "Liberal' says:—We have been privileged to look through Mr. A. J. Lance's Railway Hotel, which has, since the fire, been…

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Licensing Court

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 14

Before the P.M. on Wednesday, an extension of time, to December 28th was granted Thos. McDc[?] nell, licensee of the Overlander…

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Court House Hotel Raffle

National Advocate · Monday 30 August 1915 · page 2

The result of the raffle of a case of ale donated by Mr. T. Hartland, Court House. Hotel, in aid of the Australia Day Fund, was won by Mr…

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Local and General. Auctioneer's License Granted

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 31 August 1915 · page 2

An auctioneer's license was yesterday grunted by Mr. .C. Jennings, to Henry S. F. Wilkins, of Bathurst. Mr. Wilkins informed the Court that he…

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British Hotels. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 31 August 1915 · page 4

Onder me Defence Act, hotels in Glasgow do not open before 4 o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday. One football club advanced…

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Auctioneer's License

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1915 · page 2

At Bathurst Court yesterday morning Henry Sandall Fisher Wilkins, of Bathurst, was granted an auctioneer's license for the State of N.S.W…

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Generous Hotelkeeper

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 September 1915 · page 21

Mrs. Rooney (nee Miss Rose Harford), who is well known in Mudgee, now runs the Town Hall Hotel, Paddington. On Australia Day she gave…

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Hotel Sale

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 September 1915 · page 39

Mr. H. W. Burns, proprietor of the Mundooran Hotel, has just disposed of the business to Mr. E. Byrnes, of Bourbah. Both hotels…

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Publican's Booth for

The Bathurst Times · Friday 3 September 1915 · page 2

A license to conduct a publican's booth on the Bathurst Show Ground on Saturday next, in connection with the Australia Day display, was yesterday…

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Hotels As Teashops. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 4 September 1915 · page 6

Glasgow hotel—keepers are, in consequence of the restriction of licensed hours, converting their houses into something resembling social tea and…

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