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

Hotels & licensing, 1930

306 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 16

Hotel Transfer Refused Police Object To Applican "Not a Proper Person"

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 8

An application to transfer the licence of the Grand Central Hotel from Arthur Goodare to John Willlan. Green was refused by…

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Merry Christmas Hotels Should be Open Victorian Premier in Favor Melbourne

National Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1930 · page 3

Christmas Day is regarded by the Premier (Mr. Hogan) as a day of rejoising and he does not consider that hotels should be closed on that day…

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Gulgong News Publicans' Generosity

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 June 1930 · page 12

The licensees of the Centennial, Post Office, Royal and Powell's Hotel in Gulgong have been generous supporters of the Gulgong…

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Lithgow Hotel Licenses Renewal at Thursday's Court

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 2

Before the P.M. yesterday, the following hotel licences were renewed:-- Wm. Gordon Dick, Commercial Hotel, Lithgow; Thomas Arthur,…

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A Bonafide Traveller Call at Perthville Hotel Police Charge Fails

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 1

Charged at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday with having been found on licensed premises at Perthville, Hugh Stanislaus Larkin pleaded…

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Hotel Dudley Mr. Jack Stokes in Charge

National Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 3

Now in charge of the Hotel Dudley is Mr. Jack Stokes, widely and favorably known in the Bathurst district as an ideal host. What "Jack" does not…

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Hotel Golf Links a Mt. Victoria Case

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 4

Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and a jury in the Banco Court yesterday, Joseph Martin sued to recover from William Joseph Lees a sum of £104…

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Forbes Hotel Barbered. Orange Bookmaker Robbed

Leader · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 5

A click pent, of the Bill Sykes’ cult, ran the rute over the bedrooms at the Forbes Albion Hotel, on Thursday night, the first day…

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Royal Hotel Sofala

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 2

Before Mr. W. S. Bromhead L.M. at the Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday, Mrs. Emily Caroline Burton, licensee of the Royal Hotel. Sofala. was…

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Hotels and Racing Drastic Proposals Deputation to Minister Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 1

Representing the Council of Churches a deputation to-day waited up on the Acting Premier, Mr. Buttenshaw, and requested that the number of race days…

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Early Hotel Closing and Less Racing Sought

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 1

A reduction in the number of racing days, and the closing of hotel bars at 1 p.m. on Saturdays, were requests made to the Acting-Premier (Mr. -…

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Races and Hotels. Extreme Measures. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 2

A deputation from the Council of Churches to-day waited on the Acting-Premier, Mr. Buttenshaw, with requests that the number of…

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Robbed in Hotel Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1930 · page 7

While Andrew McInnes was in a hotel in the city on Friday last he was assaulted by two men and robbed of valuables worth £8. One of the men…

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New Hotel for Oberon

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1930 · page 2

At the Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday. John Edward Hotham of the Brighton Hotel. Oberon applied for a renewal of his license which had…

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Mt Stewart Hotel to Be Rebuilt

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 2 July 1930 · page 20

The Gulgong District Licensing Inspector (Sgt. H. O. Moras) stated at the Licensing Court in Gulgong before the chairman of the State…

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Cashed Valueless Cheque. Cowra Publican Poorer by £8/10/

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 1

Early in the morning on April 26, Robert William Algie walked into the Royal Exchange hotel at Cowra and asked the licensee (Fred Pethick) to…

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Heavier Fees Hotelkeepers Hit. Had to Pay Up

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 9

Hotelkeepers who purchased large stocks of imported liquor some months ago in anticipation of tariff increases, were hit by heavier…

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Hotel Cook's Claim Ca[?]strial Court Holiday

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 1

A claim for [?]representing overtime and £4/3/8 for work done on public holidays was brought in the Bathurst Industrial Court before Mr…

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Excise on Beer. Discussion by Hotelkeepers. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 6

The executive of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association dsc[?]ssed the increased excise on beer, but no decision was reached…

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Fewer Licenses Registration Falling Off. Motorists Not Seeking Renewal

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 11

As a result, it is said, of the prevailing depression, motorists are becoming fewer. Adelaide reports that about 40,000…

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