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

Hotels & licensing, 1947

285 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 15

Tragic Discovery in Local Hotel

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 July 1947 · page 2

Following the discovery of the body of a chemist in a room at Tattersalls Hotel this morning, police took possession of a number of bottles and jars containing pharmaceutical preparations and a glass tumbler which was on a chair near the body…

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Horseplay at Hotel Inquiry Ordered by Rugby League

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY. Monday: The NSW Rugby League tonight ordered a full inquiry into the disturbance by the N.S.W. players at a Brisbane hotel…

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Jockeys Re-licensed

National Advocate · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday: Although the list of jockeys licensed to ride in Sydney for forthcoming races has been reduced from 120 to 6[?] names of all…

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Hotel Rumpus Inquiry Into Footballers' Conduct

National Advocate · Monday 4 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY. Sunday: The management committee of the NSW Rugby League today held a full Inquiry late allegations of a riot at the Hotel…

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League Inquiry Hears of Riot in Hotel

Central Western Daily · Monday 4 August 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday— The management committee of the NSW Rugby League today held a full inquiry into the allegations of…

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League Inquiry into Hotel Incident

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Tonight's meetly of the N.S.W Rugby League was told by the committee, which i[?]estigated the right in a Brisbane…

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Special Licensing Court on Sept. 25

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 1

A special Licensing Court will be held at Blayney on September 25 at 9 a.m. It will deal with work to be effected…

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League Players Cited Damage At Brisbane Hotel

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Following the interview last night between the president of N.S.W. Rugby League, Mr. H. Hegg, and the…

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Disfigured Ex-Soldiers Leave Hotel

National Advocate · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday Fourteen ex-servicemen with faces disfigured by war wounds walked out of a Hampshire hotel yesterday because they…

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Fined for Fighting in Hotel

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 12 August 1947 · page 1

Three man, who were towards in a fight is the standard Hotel, Orange eon Saturday afternoon, was Road [?] by Mr. H…

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Refusal to Accept Guests Hotel Licensee Fined

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY. Tuesday: A 76 years old widow. Mrs. Eliza McLennan, Licence of a Morulan hotel, was fined £25 in Goulburn court for refusing…

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Refused to Provide Hotel Accommodation Goulburn, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1947 · page 1

Mrs. Eliza McLennan, licensee of the Marulan Hotel, was fined £25, at Goulburn Court for refusing to supply accommodation…

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Local Regret at Departure Shortly of Two Hotelkeepers

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 August 1947 · page 16

Citizens of Gulgong are regretting the impending departure of two hotelkeepers who have been good citizens, though…

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FINED £70 Hotelkeeper Who Overcharged

National Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday: Repeated requests to the Prices Commission for wine, price lists had proved futile and until recently he was not sure of the…

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Hotel Fire Boarder Injured

National Advocate · Monday 18 August 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: A man broke his arm and several ribs early this morning when he Jumped from, the first floor of a Drummoyne, hotel to…

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Post Office Hotel Licence Transferred

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 August 1947 · page 16

At the Gulgong Licensing Court yesterday, the transfer of the licence of the Post Office Hotel from John W. Bury to…

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Licensing Court In Molong On

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 1

The full bench of the Licensing Court will sit in Molong on Wednesday to hear an application for the transfer of a publican's…

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Attack on Hotel Tariffs

National Advocate · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Hotel tariffs [?]xed by the Prices Commissioner were attacked in the report of the Licences Reduction Board for last year…

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Fire in Wellington Hotel

National Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1947 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Friday: The Club House Hotel was threatened by fire early today. The licensee (Mr. Buckingham) found one of the rooms filled…

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Licensing Matter

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1947 · page 2

In the licensing court at Bathurst yesterday the S.M. Mr. Dash, adjourned until 12.30 p.m. on September 25, an application under…

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