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

Hotels & licensing, 1951

194 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 10

Publicans Say Man Told Them He Was Police

Central Western Daily · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 1

Several district publicans have complained to police that a young man visited their hotels on Christmas night…

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Publican Holds Wanted Men at Gunpoint

Central Western Daily · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 1

Two men who were sought by police on Tuesday were apprehended at revolver point by a Cargo publican, taken to his hotel and locked in a bedroom until police arrived. The publican is Mr. D’Arcy…

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Exchange To Be Remodelled As Modern Hotel

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

Shunned by tourists and distinguished visitors because it has little to offer in the way of first-class accommodation for the traveller, Lithgow will shortly have a modern hotel equal to most country towns…

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Fighting in Hotel Yard

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 5

Herbert Henry J. Hutchison pleaded not guilty to a charge of behaving in an offensive manner in the yard of the Coronation Hotel, Portland, on…

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Council Renews Licenses

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 10

Boree Shire Council, on Monday, on the recommendation of the Health Inspector (Mr. B. C. Rowe) renewed…

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Billiard Licenses

Central Western Daily · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 4

The following billiard saloon licenses were renewed by Mr. H. G. Cobley at Molong court yesterday:…

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Lithgow Hotel's Snub To N.Z. Visitors Minimised By Others' Hospitality

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 2

Noted for the hospitality of its people, Lithgow's welcome to a team of touring New Zealand cricketers was marred yesterday by the reception given 14 members at a centrally situated hotel. When the Pioneer Tours representative, who had been charged with the welfare of the…

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Cricketers Incensed Over Hotel Incident

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 4

Suggestion's that sportsmen take strong action against the Lansdowne Hotel, because of the alleged treatment accorded the…

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Hotel Staff Strikes Dispute Over Chef

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Guests at the Grand Central Hotel in Clarence St. city. had to have meals as nearby cafes today after the hotels 16…

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New Licensee for Royal Hotel

National Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 2

Mr. George Williams, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Bathurst, yesterday disposed of the lease to Mr. and Mrs. Flddick of Newcastle. The new…

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Training in Hotel Management Help Raise Standard

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 12

The N.E.M.A. has been advised that official action from State Government levels is proposed in order to provide…

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Licensing Report

National Advocate · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 2

The quarterly Bathurst licensing report which was to have come before Mr. Dash, S.M. at Bathurst Court yesterday for consideration, was…

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Hotel Management Training Scheme

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. has been advised that official action from State Government levels is proposed in order to provide facilities for training…

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Orange Had 33 Hotels In 18802; To-Day, 15

Central Western Daily · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

In the records of the hotels that have served Orange since the first one opened its doors in the early 1840’s there lies a wealth of local history — revealing stories of pioneer and publican, people and places; the changing fortunes of generations of men and women through more…

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Licensing Court Bathurst Council to Be Represented

National Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

Bathurst Council will be represented by its solicitor and by the Town Clerk at tomorrow's sitting of the local Licensing Court, when matters…

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Hotel Licences Were Easy To Get In The “Good Old Days”

Central Western Daily · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2

Since 1880, when here Orange boasted 33 hotels, many licences have been cancelled, allowed to lapse, or were surrendered. Licences were easily obtained in those days, and if not a…

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Young Licensee Died in Shooting Accident

Central Western Daily · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 4

While still in his early twenties, the licensee of a former Byng Street hotel accidentally killed himself— on Boxing Day, 1881. The hotel was the Commercial…

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Bendon’s Family Hotel

Central Western Daily · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 4

In 1869 and 1870, Edwards Bendon was to licensee of Bendon’s Family Hotel. In 1872. Pat Fahy held the…

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The Wheelwright Arms Hotel

Central Western Daily · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 4

Thomas Wynne is stated to have been the licensee of the “Wheelwright Arms” in 1853. There is no record giving any…

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The Hotel Canobolas

Central Western Daily · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 4

The Hotel Canobolas was erected in the years 1938-39 on the site previously occupied by the old Club Hotel, which, at the…

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