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

Hotels & licensing, 1940

167 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 9

Dubbo Hotels Transferred Dubbo

National Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1940 · page 5

Before Mr. R. G. Cookson. Licensing Magistrate, at the Dubbo Licensing Court this morning the licensee of the Hotel Dubbo was…

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Notes and Notions On the Growing of Foodstuffs Potato-growing Requirements Under the Licensing Act

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 August 1940 · page 5

Under the provisions of the Potato Growers' Licensing Act, which it is proposed to bring into operation on 1st July[?] it will be illegal after the…

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Hotel Bar Entered

Leader · Monday 5 August 1940 · page 2

On Saturday night a bar window of the Rugby Hotel, facing Moulder Street was broken, and a thief or thieves effected an entry into the bar…

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Country Hotels Neglect of Lithgow

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 August 1940 · page 5

Says a Sydney report:-- "Amendment of the archaic licensing law which prohibits the removal of a hotel licence from a "dead"…

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Bathurst Hotels Alterations To Buildings

National Advocate · Friday 16 August 1940 · page 6

John Phillip Hall, licensee of the Club House Hotel, and Catherine Smith, owner, were yesterday granted permission to an extension of time…

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Club House Hotel License Transferred

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 August 1940 · page 4

AT the Mudgee Licensing Co[?] on Monday the [?]…

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Cabinet's Axe Falls Four Racecourses To Be De-licensed SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1940 · page 2

Kensington, Ascot, Richmond and Wyong racecourses are to be delicensed, State Cabinet decided to-day…

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"Beer Houses Country Hotels Condemned Loss of Tourists Alleged J.L.V.A. Denies Charges SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 23 August 1940 · page 1

The manager of the travel department of the Bank of N.S.W. (Mr. H. R. Brown) said today that the development of Australia's…

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Hotel Alterations

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1940 · page 2

Permission was yesterday granted George Washington Gunther in the Bathurst Licensing Court to carry out alterations to the Knickerbocker…

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Hotel Licence Transfer

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1940 · page 2

In the Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. Bromhead. SM., granted an application for transfer of the licence of the Victoria Hotel,…

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P.M.G. Thorby in Danger of Defeat. TOTAL U.C.P. Vote Over 3000 Below Labor Followers of Curtin Poled Particularly Well. Small Town Hotelkeeper May Be M.H.R. Biggest Swing to Labor Was in New South Wales

Leader · Monday 23 September 1940 · page 2

Though the Postmaster General (Mr. H. V. C. Thorby), sitting member for Calare, had gained 14,330 rotes when counting finished last night, the aggregate votes secured by the three Labor candidates, Mr. J. P. Breen (official Labor) leading with 11,092, was 21,500…

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Breweries Won’t Extend Hotels

Leader · Monday 23 September 1940 · page 2

Cowra Council’s efforts to have meeting accommodation extended in town so far have [?] The Federal Treasury intimated in a…

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Cadnival Dance Hotel Licence Transferred

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 2

A monster carnival dance will take place in the Walshaw Hall on Wednesday, October 2 in aid of the South Bathurst Queen In the Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday. Mr4 Bromhead S.M., granted an application for transfer of the Knickerbocker Hotel licence…

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Betting in Local Hotel Bar Bathurst Youth Fined

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 1

A visit to the Hotel Victoria by plainclothes police on the afternoon of September 14 was responsible for the appearance in…

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Drunks on Premises Dubbo Wine Licensee Fined DUBBO

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 September 1940 · page 2

"Is, as a man of the world, also know that there are very, very few licensees who want to get rid of a man while he has some money to…

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Brutal Assault in Early Hours Thug Batters Railwayman As He Enters Hotel

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 September 1940 · page 2

A 50-year-old man was brutally assaulted and robbed by a thug outside the Court House Hotel in the early hours of the…

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Petrol Licenses

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1940 · page 8

Petrol Fuel Licenses where applications were lodged since September 1st are now available at Molong Police Station, and same will be handed to those…

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Dubbo Hotel Thefts Detectives Make An Arrest DUBBO

National Advocate · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 5

Following numerous petty [?] from local hotels during the pas several weeks, during which time there has been an influx of visitors…

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Transfer of Bathurst Hotel

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 2

In the Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. N. Sheridan granted the transfer of the licence of the Globe Hotel. Bathurst, from Dudley…

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