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

Hotels & licensing, 1945

138 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 7

Customs Officials Visit Our Hotels

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 3

Two Customs officials on Friday entered all Lithgow hotels and the brewery to examine stocks. Checks were made on the sale of…

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Raids on Hotels More Prosecutions Pending

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. Tuesday: Nearly every hotel visited yesterday by customs officers had old out of bottled and drought bee[?]…

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The Brewery Monopoly "Publicans Tied Hand and Foot" Nationalisation Urged

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A member of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Geraghty, who is also a we[?] known hotelkeeper in North Sydney, today advocated the…

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Charges Against Publicans Adjourned

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Prosecutions against 20 publicans charged with having failed to sell bottled beer on d[?]mand were adjourned at the special…

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Shortage of Hotel Staff Guests Asked to Leave

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday: Hotels in Warwick are so short of stair that they are asking their guests to find other accommodation…

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Boy Soldier Hero in Hotel Incident

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A lad who enlisted in the AIF at the age of 15 was today charged with having carried an unlicensed revolver. In view of his…

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Fire Bug Active Geelong Hotels Endangered

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A deliberate attempt to burn down three Geelong hotels were made last night within hall an hour…

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Late Local News Reported Hotel Change

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 4

It is rumored that a well-known Market Street hotel is about to change ownership. Next Mudgee Races…

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Publican Signed False Statement Admission in Licensing Court

National Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday:Nelson Buchanan Grindal collapsed in the licensing court after admitting he had esigned a false statement on October…

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Licences Held Up Hotels Must Serve Meals

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 11

When a number of hotel licences came up for renewal at Orange, the magistrate adjourned them for a month…

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Want Hotels Open on Anzac Day Request by Diggers' League

National Advocate · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thursday : The Returned Soldiers' League is to campaign for the opening of hotel son Anzac Day and to increase the quota for hotels…

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Theft From Hotel

National Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 2

At Bathurst Quarter Sessions, yesterday, Eric Wilson Rea (30), a railway employee, pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering the…

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Theft From Hotel Duplicate Key Used

National Advocate · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Police believe a duplicate was used by thieves who entereda room in a private hotel in Sydney to steal 1300 American dollars…

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Overcharged for Liquor Publican Fined £70 SYDNEY, Monday. Because

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 5

overcharged for liquor, Harris Billham, licensee of the Woolbrokers Arms, Pyrmont had been directed by the brewery to leave the hotel. it…

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Overcharged for Liquor Publican Fined £70 SYDNEY, Monday: Because

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 3

[?] for liquor, [?] of the woolorokers [?] had been diercted by the breaker to leave the[?]…

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Mass Meeting Demands 5/2 a Bushel All Wheat on Licensed Areas

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 6

A mass meeting of farmers, held, at Parkes on Saturday after, noon, demanded that wheatgrowers be paid 5/2 per bushel for all wheat grown on licensed areas this year. Farmers thronged the Square where the meeting was conducted…

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Hotel Sale Like Lottery Drawing

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 8

The recent sale, held at the Commercial Hotel in Cumnock, of furniture and fittings, caused spirited bidding. The ceiling price…

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Board, Lodging Complaints Against Hotels SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 8

Many complaints are still being received that hotelkeepers are not carrying out the terms of their licence…

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Why Criticise Country Hotels? Sidney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 1

The difficulties under which country betels are operating are not appreciated by members of the State Parliamentary…

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Hotel Accommodation

National Advocate · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

An appeal to travellers to provide reports of their experiences with hotels, is made by the President of the NRMA, Aid. J. McMahon. "My…

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