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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 5 of 7

Hotel Accommodation Drastic Action Needed

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1944 · page 6

The N. R. M. A. continues to receive complaints from travellers regarding inability to secure reasonable food at some country hotels, which forces…

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Lottery Tickets in Hotels Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 August 1944 · page 8

Many hotels allow lottery tickets to be sold on their premise. The police point out that this is illegal…

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Hotel Accommodation

National Advocate · Thursday 17 August 1944 · page 2

The NRMA continues to receive complaints from travellers regarding inability to secure reasonable food at some country hotels which force…

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Dance and Party at Hotel Knickerbocker

National Advocate · Friday 18 August 1944 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Plumb are holding a special party and dance at the Knickerbocker Hotel tomorrow night in aid of the Anzac House appeal…

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Woman Badly Battered Attacked While in Bed Incident at Moree Hotel

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1944 · page 2

MOREE, Monday: Almost unconscious and badly battered about the head, lane Minnie Jenkins (20), waitress, was found in her bloodstained bed at the…

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Settled the Portland Trouble Second Butcher's License Granted

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1944 · page 2

PORTLAND, Tuesday Night: The Portland trouble has been settled. At a largely-attended meeting, there being over 300 townspeople in attendance, it…

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Expiring Petrol Licenses

Leader · Monday 28 August 1944 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. reports that the [?] for [?] will have been [?]ed up at the [?]…

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Trawling Trade Licenses for Returned Men Chief Secretary Sympathetic

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: There had been no refusals by his department to grant applications by returned soldiers for trawling licences, said the…

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Precaution Against Drunken Peace Revels Hotels May Be Asked to Close

National Advocate · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The ULVA has notified the Federal Government that whatever was desired of hotel-keepers in the event of an early end…

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Appeals for Hotelkeeper Upheld

National Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday. Charles by Charles Otto Hercules Waterhouse (29), hotel manager of Milson's Point against sentences of [?] months and…

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Jackie Cooper on Morals Charge Evidence About Hotel Party Judge Defers Decision

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1944 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday: Jackie Cooper (22), a former child movie star, who moved millions of film audiences to tears, never wept more convincingly…

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Rush for Beer Stampede at City Hotels

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Hotels with beer to sell were mobbed today by thirsty customers who packed the bar rooms as soon as the doors were…

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Hotel Hours Change Advocated by U.L.V.A. SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1944 · page 1

Announcing that the U.L.V.A. was advocating changed drinking hours to evade "the six o'clock swill," President N. A. Connolly' said to-day…

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Hotel Cafes Proposed Move to Alter Trading Hours

National Advocate · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A Federal committee of the United Licensed V[?] Association operating in all States has been set up to investigate a…

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Fire in Hotel Kitchen

National Advocate · Friday 6 October 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Following a fire in the Kitchen of Victoria Palace Hotel early this morning, 900 guest were without meals. Cooking cannot…

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City Meat Shortage Cafe and Hotel Difficulties

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: People have and to make up their minds to become vegetarians, because they are left without meat supplies. Because…

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Award Against Hotelkeeper

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1944 · page 2

In the Industrial Court at Bathurst yesterday Herbert Norma[?] proceeded against Norman [?] Merriman formerly licens[?]…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1944 · page 4

The licence of the Telegraph Hotel, Molong, has been transferred from Albert Linden Jones to Charles Richard Rees, of…

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Favors More Licensed Clubs

National Advocate · Friday 27 October 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) advocates more license clubs. The Liquor Act would have to be amended to increase…

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Hotel Service to Travellers

National Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1944 · page 2

Travelling motorists are furnishing the NRMA with additional proof the failure of hotel proprietors to realise that they operate public house…

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