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

Hotels & licensing, 1944

124 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 7

Licensee at 95 Remarkable Old Woman

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 7

Mrs. Scherf, of the Albion Hotel, Warren, is believed to be the oldest hotel licensee in Australia. She celebrated her 95th birthday last…

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Hotels Must Serve Meals

Leader · Wednesday 21 June 1944 · page 2

The licences of twenty-one hotels in the Orange district were renewed at a Special Licensing Court on Monday by Mr. G. W…

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Vale! Old Royal Hotel

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1944 · page 6

Familiar Molong landmark, and reminder of days gone, the old Royal Hotel is toppling down under the blows of a "demolition…

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No Coupons Publican's Plight

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 6

The Rationing Commission was adopting an unreasonable attitude towards new business, said Mr. T. Sheehan, Government Whip in the…

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Tough Footballers Playing Up at Hotel

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 7

At a recent meeting of the Bathurst Rugby League a delegate made complaints about a visiting football team…

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Hotel Accommodation Full Meals Insisted On

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 7

At the Licensing Court at Wellington certain hotels in the town, which were not providing full meals, were granted a renewal of their…

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Cherbourg's Pushing Publicans LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1944 · page 2

Even before Cherbourg fell its hotel proprietors [?] eager to resume business. Yesterday the manager of the Hotel Atlantique…

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Fatality at City Hotel

National Advocate · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A woman was scalded to death in a bath at the Canberra Hotel. Oxford Street, Paddington, tonight. She was Mrs…

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Hotel Scaler Sentenced to Seven Days Gaol Case at Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 1

A sentence of seven days hard labor was imposed on a man named McSweeney at the Bathurst court yesterday on a charge of refusing to pay £4/16/…

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After Hours Case Licensee Allowed Bond At Bathurst Court

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 1

Three men were each fined 5/- with 8/- costs at the Bathurst court yesterday on a charge of being found on the premises of the Georges Plains hotel…

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Pilot Officer Falstein Hotelkeeper's Claim Upheld

National Advocate · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: In a re­served decision as Bairnsdale court today, Mr. Bourke. CM. ordered Pilot Officer Max Falstein, MHR, to pay…

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Lack of Manpower Why Hotels Cannot Provide Meals

National Advocate · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: In almost every case investigated by licensing inspectors, the shortage of manpower was the reason hotels could not supply the…

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Meals at Hotels Hoteliers' Undertaking

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 July 1944 · page 8

All hotelkeepers whose licences have been renewed during the past few months gave undertakings that they would…

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Hard to Get Labor for Hotels

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 July 1944 · page 8

In almost every case investigated by licensing inspectors, the shortage of manpower was the reason hotels could not supply the public…

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Women Refuse to Leave Hotel Accommodation Problem at Canberra

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday: The Department of the Interior may be forced to eject six wives of soldiers from the Hotel Kingston to make room…

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More Coupons for Hotelkeepers SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 July 1944 · page 4

During recent months the licences of most hotels were renewed on condition that more meals and accommodation were provided by…

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Publican Returns Butter Coupons to Commissioner Action Gets Results

National Advocate · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Thursday The Rationing Commission opered coupons for 60lb of sugar 56th of tea but only 41b of matter to north coast hotelkeeper…

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Licenses, Permits and Registration

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 5

The following applications were received at last meeting of Blaxland Shire Council, and granted, subject in cases where necessary, to…

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Drink Racket Hotelkeepers Appeals Upheld Important Full Court Decision

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A ruling that is expected to have far reaching effect on prosecutions under price fixing regulations, was given in the N.S.W…

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Hotels and Foiling Day No Decision Yet About Closing

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 August 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday: By now nearly every civilian entitled to vote in the Referendum should have received a pamphlet setting out the Yes and No…

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