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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 9 of 16

Hotel Sydney Raid 100 Persons to be Prosecuted SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1938 · page 4

As a sequel to the police raid on the Hotel Sydney last Saturday night it was stated at police headquarters today that prosecutions were to be…

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Courthouse Hotel Extensive Remodelling and Additions to Cost Over £6,000

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 2

The plans of proposed alterations and additions to the Court House Hotel, Lithgow, are to be submitted to a meeting of Lithgow Council…

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Later Hotel Closing

Leader · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 2

A proposal that hotel trading hours throughout the State be from 10 en. to 10 p.m. will be made by a dep[?] of the United Licensed…

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Later Closing Publicans' Strong Appeal Cabinet to Consider "Law Invites Illegality" SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 4

The Minister for Justice, Mr. L. O. Martin, promised a deputation from the U.L.V.A, to-day that he would place before Cabinet its…

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Hotel Hours Request for Alteration Condemned by Canon Hammond SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 1

Criticising the request for a variation of the present hotel trading hours by the president of the U.L.V.A., Canon Hammond, patron of the…

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Hotel Hours Government Won't Shirk Issue

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 4

A deputation from the United Licensed Victuallers' Association to the Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin, asked that hotel trading hours should be…

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License Suspended. Drunken Driving Charge

Leader · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 4

Plilary Patrick Williamson. a well-known Orange district farmer, was fined £3, and his motor driver’s license was [?]…

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Punter Puts It Over Gulgong Hotelkeeper

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 13

AFTER last Gulgong race meeting a sad-eyed man approached Charlie Copeland at the Centennial Hotel bar and…

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Hotel Improvements Accommodation at Imperial Hotel Furnishing of Vacant Bedrooms

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 3

Following an order made by Mr. T. W. Cohen, a member of the Licences Reduction Board, who presided over the Licensing Court at Lithgow on…

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Somewhere to Go Better Hotels In Country Lot of Money Spent

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 July 1938 · page 3

ONCE upon a time there were hotels in the country which ranked in the lowest grade, but, thank heavens, things have…

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League Football Hotels at it Again Match for Dubbo Ambulance DUBBO, Tuesday

National Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 5

Another football war is on between two of the Dubbo hotels, and the outcome has been a challenge from the Club House Hotel lodgers to play the…

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Dodging Award Hotel Proprietor Fined Heavy Penalties Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 2

Reuben Gardiner, trading as the Plaza Hotel, was trenchantly criti[?]ed by the Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. Prior, when he appeared…

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Jockeys' Licenses May Be Withheld Action by A.J.C. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 5

The names of one of Sydney's leading jockeys may be missing when the licences for the forthcoming season are issued by the A.J.C. in a few…

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Hotel Sydney Raid Summonses Issued SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 1

Summonses were issued yesterday and to-day to nearly one hundred persons to appear at the Licensing Court on August 17 for contravention of the…

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Second Tin Hare License Papers to be Tabled SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 4

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Gollan, declared in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon that he would give consideration to the request that the…

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Hotel Manager's Death SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 1

Harold Frank Norris Harris (48), manager of the Oriental Hotel, King's Cross, was found lying in the Domain late last night, and died while being…

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Dead in Domain Hotel Manager Mystery SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 1

The contents of the stomach of Harold Prank Norris Harris, 48. manager of the Oriental Hotel. King's Cross, who was found in a…

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License Suspended. At[?]tic Flyer P[?]ed. WASHINGTON, July [?]

Leader · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 2

For [?] the [?] in [?] the [?] of [?] [?]…

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The Publican and the Sinner

Leader · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 1

Thus the “Lachlan Leader”— A Jun[?] publican the other day had a narrow escaps. A traveller, must imposingly d[?]ssed. [?]nd driving a…

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Hotel Hours 'Creating Bootlegging' U.L.V.A. President's View CASINO

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 3

A referendum on the question of whether hotel hours should be altered from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and whether lounge licences should be…

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