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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 13 of 15

Fined for Carrying Wine From Hotel: 101st CONVICTION

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 14 October 1947 · page 1

Raymond (Chifley) Jones recorded his 101st conviction when he was fined £3 at Orange Court yesterday for carrying away liquor from a hotel during during prohibited hours. Jones, who pleaded guilty, claimed he was being…

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Two Molong Hotels to Change Hands Present Licensees To Leave Shortly

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 1

The licences of the two Molong hotels—the Telegraph and the Freemasons—will change hands at the end of this month…

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No Arrest Yet in Hotel Robbery Police Still Investigating

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 1

Police are still investigating the alleged robbery of about £70 and a quantity of cigarettes from the Freemasons Hotel, Molong, on…

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Poor Country Hotel Accommodation

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 7

According to a week-end metropolitan report, a survey of country districts had shown that the general standard of hotel accommodation in Bathurst and Orange was poor…

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Hotels Will Be Booked Out Accommodation Lack In Sydney

Central Western Daily · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 3

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Fined £5 Publican Who Failed to Supply Meals

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY. Monday: Because practically all his guests were Chinese, he had not been asked for a meal in the past five years, counsel for…

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State’s Timber Production to Be Stepped Up New Sawmill Licensing System Will Help Stabilisation

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 22 October 1947 · page 7

In order to further step-up the State Government’s home-building programme, the Minister for Conservation, Mr. Weir, has called for an investigation of all untapped Crown timber areas, with a view…

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Hotel Changes Hands

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 October 1947 · page 17

Mr. R. J. Roderick, who recently purchased the licence of the Post Office Hotel from Mr. [?]. W. Bury, has disposed of the business to Mr…

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Drive for Clean Hotels

National Advocate · Thursday 23 October 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday The drive for cleanliness in hotels and cafes has spread to the country. The health officer of the Namol…

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Licensing Court in Molong Tomorrow

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 29 October 1947 · page 1

A district licensing court will be held in Molong Courthouse tomorrow morning. Applications will be made to the…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 October 1947 · page 17

At the Gulgong Licensing Court last Wednesday, an application for the transfer of the licence of the Post Office Hotel, from Mr…

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Fatal Fall Pensioner's Death After Fall in Bathurst Hotel

National Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1947 · page 2

The death occurred in St. Vincent's Hospital, Bathurst, yesterday, of William Place (64), an old-age pensioner. Deceased suffered a fractured thigh…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 2

Two applications for transfer of local hotel licenses were granted at the Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday. Applying for the transfer of…

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Hotel Repairs

National Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1947 · page 2

Police inspectors of the Licensing Squad found that every one of 51 hotels visited in the western districts did not measure up to the required…

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New Publicans Appointed to M.J.C. COMMITTEE Welcome Extended By President

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 3

The two new licensees of the Telegraph and Freemasons Hotels, Mr. A. E. Wickes and Mr. Des Hogan respectively, have been…

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Saturday Afternoon Closing Hotels Request to Government

National Advocate · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: The NSW Trades and Labor Council decided tonight to ask the State Government to prevent the closing of hotels on Saturday…

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“Thirsty” Man Caused Trouble for Orange Hotelkeeper

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 11 November 1947 · page 1

As the Orange Court yesterday Sergeant Larkin said that at about 8 p.m. on September 29, he saw Dudley F. O’Hanlon Knocking at the parlour door of the Carrington Club Hotel, and when asked what be was doing. O’Hanlon said that be was thirty…

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Hotel Strike LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 November 1947 · page 1

The strike of hotel employees in London is still unsettled. In some of the larger hotels free labour has been employed and…

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Dilapidated Hotels In the Country

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 November 1947 · page 14

About one-third of the hotels in the western districts visited by the licensing squad recently have been condemned,…

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