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

Hotels & licensing, 1938

310 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 16

Hotel Robbery and Arrests

National Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon the police arrested two men and charged them with thefts of articles, including £15 worth of tools from a Bathurst hotel…

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Lithgow's Gas Viewed with Suspicion Some Forty-four Years Ago When Local Hotelkeepers Were Fined

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 4

A resident of Lithgow for nearly 46 years who is a constant reader of the "Mercury" and has always been interested in the progress of the…

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Hotel Theft Two Men Convicted

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 6

In the Bathurst Force Court yesterday Mr. W. S. Bromhead S.M. [?] two laborers John Thomas [?] 45, and John James Brophy…

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Persistent Burglars Incident At City Hotel TOKIO

National Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 1

Sa[?]try before two o'clock this morning a hotel employee at the Al[?]ry Hotel. Oxford Street, Paddington. [?]aw two men in the yard tampering…

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Hotel Lithgow Completely Renovated Modern in Every Way

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

Renovations which have been recently completed at the Hotel Lithgow have made the establishment among the most up-to-date and…

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Hotel Robbery Sentences

National Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 2

Two laborers, who earlier this week were convicted of the theft from a Bathurst Hotel on New Year's Eve of two suitcases containing tools valued…

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Gang Murder Melbourne Hotel Shooting Sydney Man Committed for Trial MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 4

On a charge of murder, Harcourt Lee (38), hairdresser, of Sydney, was committed for trial by the City Coroner, Mr. Tingate, P.M., today at he…

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Drunken Drivers Will Lose Their Licenses an Official Warning Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 1

Motorists who in future drive recklessly, furiously or dangerously, or who drive while intoxicated, [?] automatically lose their license for…

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New Asia Hotel Incident British Explation Shanghai

National Advocate · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 2

The British Consulate has issued an explanation of the New Asia Hotel incident stating that the hotel was [?] Chinese owned and…

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Licenses Granted

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 2

Trading lcenses were granted by Mr. W. S. Bromhead. S.M., in a session of the Licensing Court in Bathurst yesterday as follows:—John…

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Hotelkeeper's Plight As Told to P.m. Walked Over and Remembered No More Man Committed for Assault

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 3

Evan McIntosh McLean wag this morning committed by Mr. C. Pickup, F.M., for trial at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions on a charge of assault…

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Spirit Licenses Application at Dubbo DUBBO

National Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

Before Mr. J. Laidaw, Chief Licensing Magistrate, in the Quarterly Licensing Court at Dubbo to-day, Nelson Mostyn Meers, manager of the…

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Mudgee Hotel

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 4

MUDGEE is proud of its cocktail bar. It is unsurpassed in Sydney, or elsewhere. Its beauty, its ultra modern lines of architecture…

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Was Butcher’s Shop. Will be £70,000 Structure. Club Hotel History

Leader · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 2

Another old landmark, one asso[?] with the early history of Orange is [?] into [?]est to [?] way…

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Court Statistics Big Hotel Revenue 251 Drunks for 1937 DUBBO

National Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 5

Statistics for the Dubbo C.P.S. Office show that 1937 was a busy and certainly financial year for the court, although crime was below its usual…

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£350 Stolen Earlwood Hotel Robbery Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 2

Thieves entered the Earlwood Hotel at Earlwood early this morning and stole £350 in notes. They gained admission to the premises by…

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Great Ideas Less Work, More Pay Longer Hotel Hours

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

SOME of the motions to be submitted at the country Labor conference at Parkes on, February 26 bear the brand of…

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Wireless Licenses Teachers Want Them Free For Schools SYDNEY, Tuesday. [?]

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 2

[?] Government provide substantial funds to enable the education system to be extended was reached by the annual…

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Must Eat Effects of Stockholm Strike Hotel Waiters Out Stockholm

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

The lockout of hotels, restaurants and cafes, which started at midnight, is greatly benefitting small boardinghouse keepers…

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The Rylstone Hotel

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 8

After being a land mark in Lcuee St. for many more decades than we care to recall the old Rylstone Hotel is to become but a…

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