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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1921

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Gun License Act. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 5

A prominent police official referring to the prevalence of shooting, affrays expressed the opinion that the sooner the machinery of the Gun License Act became…

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Casualties. Hotelkeeper's Death. Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 5

Michael Hughes, licensee of the Royal Hotel, at Tamworth, was found dead with a bullet wound in his temple…

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Life Held Cheap. Need for The. Gun License Act. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 5

Prominent police officials have stated that the sooner the machinery of the Gun License Act became operative the better for all concerned. Citizens'…

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Young Man's Suicide. Took Poison in a Hotel. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 5

A young man named Williamson died from the effects of poison tonight. He was at the Hotel Arcadia, in the city, late this afternoon, and…

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Transfer of Publican's License

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

In the Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr A. H. Parkes, Licensing Magistrate, a transfer of publican's license was granted from Samuel Alexander Grey Fairfax,…

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Gun License Act. First Cases Before Court. the Magistrate's Warning. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Mr. Adrian, the Magistrate, stated when the first prosecution under the Gun License Act was brought on, that the bench intends to…

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Licensing Court. Before Mr. Parkes, L.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 2

Application was made yesterday morning by S. A. G. Fairfax, of the Crown Hotel to have the license of those premises transferred to the name…

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Gun License Act. First Prosecutions. Warning From the Bench. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 3

At the central Police Court to-day Leslie Woodcraft, aged 18, pleaded guilty to a charge of carrying a revolver last Saturday without holding…

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Mammoth Hotel

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 2

Chicago is to have the biggest hotel in the world. The plans provide for 4000 rooms, a theatre seating 2500 people. 400 kitchenettes for visitors, who wish…

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Maclean Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

The next quarterly sitting of the Licensing Court for the district of Maclean will be held at the Courthouse there on Thursday, April 7…

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"Hotel Barbers" Active

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 1

A gang of hotel barbers are operating in and around Orange. Several hotels have been visited during the present month. On Sunday night, the Club…

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Newcastle Hotels. Twenty-three to Close. License Board's Drastic Order. Newcastle

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 5

The Licenses Reduction Board delivered its reserved decision respecting Newcastle Electorate to-day. It was announced that the licenses of 23…

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Deduction of Licenses. Board's Decision at Newcastle. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 3

The Licenses Reduction Board delivered its reserved decision this morning respecting the Newcastle electorate, and announced that the licenses of 23 hotels…

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Another Hotel Tragedy. Constables Murdered in Bed. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 5

Five men in a hotel bar at Belfast, rushed upstairs just at closing time and shot two constables dead in their beds, seriously wounding a third…

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Gun License Act. Hampering Farmers. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 4

The Chief secretary to-day, referring to complaints made in the newspapers to the effect that farmers and others were being hampered by the…

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Duck Season and Gun Licenses. Albury

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 3

The fact that the duck season opens today caused a heavy rush of applications for gun licenses, when 140 were dealt with…

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Gun Licenses. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

Regarding complaints made from country districts regarding the inability of persons to obtain licenses for guns because of the delay in providing forms, the…

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Gun Licenses

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4
Also in The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser

Application may now be made by any person for license for a gun which is in their possession. Forms are obtainable at the office of the C.P.S., Grafton, and…

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Gun License Act. Application Forms Issued. Sydney Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 5

The regulations under the Gun License Act came into operation today. Stocks of application forms were sent out during the week to police…

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