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

Hotels & licensing, 1954

208 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 11

Publican Fined

National Advocate · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 2

Ben Bernard, licensee of the Royal Hotel, was fined £5 with 12/ costs, at Bathurst Court yesterday, after his, solicitor (Mr. R. Gordon), had…

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On Hotel Hours

Central Western Daily · Saturday 18 September 1954 · page 7

A campaign In Wagga to fight the extension of hotel trading hours Opened at a public meeting In the…

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Hotels Booked-out Record crowd for carnival is expected

Central Western Daily · Saturday 18 September 1954 · page 1

Visitors from as far as New Zealand and Tasm[?] will be in Orange for Cherry Blossom Week, 1954…

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Later Hotel Hours Favoured by Member

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Aft.-- The Member for Hartley (Mr. J. Chalmers) said today that hotel licensees were giving "only lip service" to the official U.L.V.A. campaign for 10 p.m; closing while secretly working…

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Hotelkeeper Granted Leave of Absence

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 2

Bon Bornard, licensee of the Royal Hotel Bathurst, was granted leave of absence from the hotel until Decembera 9, 1954, in the…

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To Stand Trial for Private Hotel Death

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 6

A young soldier who allegedly told a C.I.B. investigator that he had only faint recollections of staying at the Mansion House Private Hotel, Sydney, and that he woke up with a dead woman lying beside…

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Danish Hotel for Greenland

Central Western Daily · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 12

COPENHAGEN.— Greenland, the world’s largest island, which is totally Without accommodation for…

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Hotel Hours Criticism by Churchmen

National Advocate · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Churchmen today attacked a proposal to close hotels for an hour between 6.30 and 7.30 pm. if 10 o'clock closing became law…

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Hotels Must Instal Septic System

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 5

Three district hotels were given twelve months in which to instal septic tank flushing systems by Mr. Kelly licensing…

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Bandits Raid Victorian Hotel

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, This Aft. Three armed, masked bandits early today made a daring raid on a Mongeeta…

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Bandits Rob Publican Vic. Hold-up

National Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday: Three armed, masked bandits early today shut a man in a cupboard and told him to count to 50 while they ransacked his…

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Licensing Matter

National Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 2

In the Bathurst Licensing Court yesterday. O. F. Wood Secretary of the Bathurst Rugby League Club applied for an order conditionally…

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Woman Badly Injured Hotel Fall

National Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: A middle aged woman fell down two floors from city hotel, and tonight doctors were fighting: to save her life…

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Hotel Transfer

National Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1954 · page 2

In the licensing court at Bathurst on Monday application will be mods for the transfer of the Georges Plains hotel licence from Sidney Stokes to…

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Wine License Transferred

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 2

At the Bathurst Licenship Court the wine license of premises at 51 Keppel Street, Bathurst was transferred from Penfold's Proprietary…

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Hotel Charge At Mt Victoria

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 2

Charged in Tuesday's court with failing to keep the bar closed after the prescribed hours and with permitting…

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Reconstruction of Hotel

National Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 2

The Club House Hotel at the corner of Howick and George Streets is to be completely remodelled and reconstructed, it was announced last night…

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Publican fined for after-hours trading

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 3

In Orange Petty Sessions Court yesterday Nicholas Francis Farrell, Occidental Hotel, was fined £9/8 with 12/ costs for being the licensee of premises on which persons were found during prohibited…

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Used Car Dealers Must Be Licensed New Law

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—The first Legislation for the registration of used car dealers in NSW is likely to come before State Cabinet this month…

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Hotels to Close

National Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1954 · page 2

All hotels will be closed in NSW when the Liquor Referendum is held on Saturday, November 13. No liquor is to be sold or delivered on…

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