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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 6 of 10

Bathurst Hotels Lack of Accommodation Objections Withdrawn

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 1

Objections raised by the Bathurst Council and the District Chamber of Commerce to re-issue of licences to certain Bathurst holds were brought…

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Peter’s Record Win in Publicans’ Purse

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 7

(Our correspondent “Bung,” gives this broadcast of an imaginary race between Orange hotelkeepers for the honour of paying the highest licence fee) Hullo, folks! It’s June again, and once more the Orange Publicans’s Purse is to be run. There has been no sc[?]atchings and the field of fifteen will be starting…

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Orange publican’s right to hold licence questioned in court

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 1

Licensee of the Occidental Hotel, Nicholas Francis Farrell, appeared at Orange Court yesterday to show cause why his licence should not be taken away from him…

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Hotel Dudley Praised

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 2

When the renewal of hotel licences came before the Bathurst licensing Court this week, tribute was paid the standard of accommodation and…

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Heavy Fine For Unclean Hotel Premises

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 2

"There is no excuse for filth, and to have mice excreta on a kitchen table beside food is absolutely…

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Must sleep on premises court tells publican

Central Western Daily · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 2

At Orange Court yesterday licensee of the Occidental Hotel, Nicholas Francis Farrell, was granted a…

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Hotel Balcony Job Request to Bathurst Council

National Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 4

In a letter to Bathurst Council last night R. B. Fitzgerald. architect, stated he was preparing plans for Mr. Whiteman of the Club House…

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Woman Killed in Hotel Fall

National Advocate · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday: Dorothy Mary Higgins, 47, crashed 30ft to her death from a second storey window of Hotel Steyne, Manly, early today…

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Hotel Transfers

National Advocate · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 2

At the sitting of the Bathurst Licensing Court, today, Mr. Dash S.M. will review applications for the transfer of the Railway Hotel, Bathurst,…

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Hotels Transferred

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 2

At the Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. Dash, S.M., granted the transfer of the licence of the Railway Hotel, Bathurst from Clive…

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Licensing Report Received

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 2

At the Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. Dash, S.M., received the District Licensing Inspector's supplementary report for the period…

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Hotel Must Improve to Retain Licence

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 2

Unless there was a big improvement in the conditions of the Imperial Hotel he would take steps to prevent a renewal of the licence next year, Magistrate A. E. Stonham said in the Licensing Court today…

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Double Time for Drinking in Hotels

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 2

A supervising engineer said yesterday that some of the men employed on the Pyrmont power house project went into…

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RSL Move To Take Over Former Hotel

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 4

A report favouring the acquisition of Slattery’s delicensed hotel at Millthorpe by the Returned Soldiers’ League was submitted to Monday night’s meeting of Orange sub-branch by the secretary, Mr, James Porter…

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Cockroaches in Kitchen Bathurst Hotelkeeper Fined

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 1

A Bathurst hotelkeeper, Ernest Goodman, licensee of the Knickerbocker Hotel, pleaded guilty, at Bathurst Court yesterday, to a breach of…

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Hotel Transfer

National Advocate · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 2

At the sitting of the Bathurst Licensing Court today Mr. Dash. S.M., will consider an application by Benjamin Fletcher for the transfer of the…

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Hotel Keeper's Breach Bathurst Court Fine

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 1

Bathurst publican, Phillip Whiteman, licensee of the Club House Hotel, was fined £2 with costs 10/- in default five days imprisonment on…

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Hotel Transfer Adjourned

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 2

On the request of the parties, Mr. Dash, S.M., adjourned an application before the Licensing Court yesterday for the transfer of the Edinboro…

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Homes First Priority Bathurst Complaint About Hotels

National Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 2

At last night's Bathurst Council meeting a letter was received from the under Secretary of Justice, with reference to Council's' complaint…

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No Subsidy for Purchase of Hotel Building As Hospital

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 10

The Hospitals Commission of New South Wales was not authorised to offer any subsidy for taking over or repairing an old hotel building at Manildra for use as a…

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