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

Hotels & licensing, 1917

392 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 20

Plot to Kill Wilson German Arrested. Bombs Found in Hotel. New York

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1917 · page 1

Fritz Kolb. a German reservist from Mexico, has been arrested. A plot to kill President Wilson has been discovered…

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The Poor Publican Again

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1917 · page 1

Church officers, clergymen and others are earnestly requested to attend a meeting on Monday night at the sydney Town Hall, to endeavour to…

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Hawker's License

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 March 1917 · page 21

At the Mudgee Police Court, on Friday, a hawker's license was granted to Isidore Harris, not Ellis, as previously reported…

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The Third Conviction Hotelkeeper's Limit. Case at Bathurst Court

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 4

At the Bathurst Police Court yesterday before Mr. C. Jennings, P.M. Edgar Sidney Thomas Doswell, licensee of the Dudley Hotel, pleaded guilty to a charge…

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His Third Offence Publican Fined for Sunday Trading

National Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 3

Edward S. T. Doswell, licensee of the Dudley Hotel, Lambert-street, was proceeded against at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday for having sold…

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Refunding License Fees Further Applications Considered

National Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 3

Messrs. C. Jennings, P.M., E. T. Webb and J. W. Pereival, J's.P., occupied the Bench at the Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday, when two…

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Death of a Geurie Hotelkeeper

Leader · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 1

The death occurred in a private hospital in Orange on Friday of Mr. James Reynolds, proprietor of the Railway Hotel, at Geun[?]e, where he…

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Voluntary Hotel Closing

Leader · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 2

Several large brewing companies in Monmouthshire, acting out the suggestion of the licensing bench, have decided to close all public houses in…

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The Publicans' Booths

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 5

Weather conditions were conducive to the development of a healthy thirst, and those good citizens who prefer a "wee drap o'…

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Booth License

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 2

An application made by Robert O'Rourke, of Mt. David, for a publican's booth license for the Hibernian Sports at Oberon on the 17th inst…

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Local and General Collector's License

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 2

Edgar Arthur Shepherd, of Wyagdon, Peel, was granted a collector's license by Mr. C. Jennine[?], P.M., at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday…

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Hotel License Fees

Leader · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 4

On Monday there came before the Orange Licensing Court two applications by publicans for a refund of portion of the license fees paid by…

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Early Closing of Hotels. License Fees Reduced

Leader · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 6

The first applications for reductions of license fees, in consequence of the introduction of six o'clock closing of hotels, came before the licensing court…

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Reduction of License Fee

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 15 March 1917 · page 2

At the Orange Licensing Court this week W. B. Edye, license of the Royal Hotel, and brother of Mr. Benjamin Eyde, of Bathurst, made…

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Liquor Cutting Down Consumption. Closing 30,000 Hotels. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 15 March 1917 · page 2

The Government and the brewing industry have held a number of conferences for the purpose of ascertaining the best manner of making 10,000,000…

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Special Licensing Court. Friday. (Before H. Molone, P M., sitting as Licensing Magistrate.)

Molong Argus · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 5

John Thomas Colbran, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Molong, applied for an abatement of his rent, as from £4 15s per week to £3 15s…

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Hotelkeepers' Licenses

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 6

There were a batch of applications from hotelkeepers set down for hearing by the Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday, but none of them were dealt…

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Licensing Court

National Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 2

Messrs. C. Jennings, P.M., E. T. Webb and J. W. Percival. J's.P., occupied the Bench at the Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday. The following…

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Hotels on Polling Pay

The Bathurst Times · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 2

The Solicitor-General has ruled that ill hotels must close for the full day on March 24—Saturday next, polling day…

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Lithgow Licensing Court. Monday, March 19. (Before Messrs. H. Bracey, L.M., and J.. G. Conen, Member.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 2

Harrold Millar Player and Priseilla Bloom were granted renewals of the licenses of the Imperial. Hotels at Lithgow and Portland, respectively. There was no application for…

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