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

Hotels & licensing, 1916

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Booth License

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 2

An application made by Henry J. Cooper, of the Melbourne Hotel, Kelso, for a publican's booth license for the Hereford races on Saturday last was…

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Drunk on Premises Interest to Hotelkeepers

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 1

A case of interest to hotelkeepers was decided at the Dubbo Police Court when Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., gave his reserved decision in the case in…

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Hotel Hours. Date of Referendum

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 18

Mr. Black, Chief Secretary, stated that Saturday, June 10, had been definitely decided upon as the date for the taking of the referendum on…

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Send Off at the Commercial Hotel

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 4

A very pleasant evening was spent at Kelly's Commercial Hotel on Saturday night, when the host and hostess, in conjunction with, the boarders generally tendered a…

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The Easter Sydney Rush. Hotels and Boarding-houses' Packed

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 4

Large crowds have arrived and are still arriving in Sydney from all parts of N.S. Wales and from other States Accommodation is at a premium and hotels and other houses…

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Hotel Hours. Date of Referendum, Wednesday, June 10

Molong Argus · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 5

Mr Black, Chief Seoretary, stated on Tuesday night that Saturday, June 10, bad been fixed as the date for the taking of the referendum on the…

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Voting System Hotel Hours Referendum. Law Explained

The Bathurst Times · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 1

The polling for the hotel hours referendum will be the first occasion on which the electors will have the [?] of casting a preferential vote…

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Voting System. Hotel Hours Referendum, Law Explained

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 2

The [?] for the hotel hours re[?] will be the first occ[?]sion on which the electors of New South Wales will have the priv[?]lege of…

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Hotel Stable Floors. Regulation Versus Climate

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 2

An important question was [?] at the Quarterly Lice[?]ing Court in Coona[?]ble as to the [?]ty for carrying out the Board of Health…

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Hotel Windows Smashed

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1916 · page 2

At nine o'clock last night a number of soldiers, it is alleged, made a bombardment by stone-throwing on the Haymarket Hotel, with the result…

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Hartley Vale. Village Without an Hotel

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1916 · page 4

Mr. N. Cavill, who held a three-years' lease of the Comet Inn, has allowed his license to lapse owing to the lack of trade. It will be remembered that the Comet Inn is one of…

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At the Hotel Cecil. Stirling Addresses. Mr. Hughes' Eulogy. General Birdwood's Praise

National Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1916 · page 4

At the Hotel Cecil luncheon given to the Anzacs, there were 800 men and officers and Australian officials present…

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Hartley Licensing Court. Wednesday, April 26. (Before Major Bracey, L.M., and A. E. Roper, Member.) Abandoning an Hotel. a Summons to Issue

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 3

Licensing Inspector Burn made application for a summons against the licensee of tho Comet Inn, Hartley Vale (Norman Cavil), for abandoning tho hotel as his place of…

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Voting System. Hotel Hours Referendom. Law Explained

Democrat · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 12

The polling for the hotel hours referendum will be the first occasion on which the electors of New South Wales will have the privilege of casting a preferential vote. But the…

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O'mara's Return the All-importabt Witness No Advantage to the Police. in Case Against Hotelkeeper the Case Again Adjourned

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 4

After being adjourned for about half-a-dozen times the case against the licenses of the Edinboro' Castle Hotel, Leslie George Manning, for selling…

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Again Adjourned Edinboro' Castle Hotel Case. O'mara's Evidence

National Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 1

After six adjournments of the case against Leslie George Manning, in which he was charged with having served a prohibitionist—John (Inkum)…

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Was There a "Shilling In?" Cask Against Publican Fails. His Remarks About the Police

Leader · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 1

A case of interest to publicans and those who are now and then inclined to have a "shilling in for drinks," came before Mr. Malone, P.M.,…

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Hotel Licenses City Council Premises. Judge Murray on Drinking Shops. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 3

Arthur James Coatin, Hose Ann Cameron, Michael MacMahon, and Michael Andrew Leary appealed to Judge Murray, in the Sessions Appeal Court…

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Fisticuffs at the Railway Station. an Alderman and Hotel Porter. Contradictory Evidence

Leader · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 6

Somewhat different versions of an altercation which took place at the Orange railway station, on Friday last, by the parties to an assault case…

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Hotel License Renewed

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 2

Mrs. Martha Amelia Munro, licensee of the Park Hotel, Bathurst, applied al the local Licensing Court yesterday for the renewal of her license. The…

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