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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1925

171 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 9

Boxing Dempsey' S Manager' S License. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 2

The Boxing Commission has refused to renew the license of Jack Kearns, Demp sey's manager, who desired to second Walker in the Walker-Greb fight on July…

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Hotel Fracas a Manslaughter Charge. Albury

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 4

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Joseph Henry Toohey, 25, who was charged with the manslaughter of Augustine O'Grady, licensee…

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Foreign Hotels Attacked. Bluejackets Disperse the Mob. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 5

A message from Swatow states that armed parties twice landed from the raiser Bluebell. In first place they drove off agitators who were seeking to board…

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After Hours. on Licensed Premises Successful Prosecutions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 7

Several prosecutions under the provisions of the Liquor Act, arising out of complaints made by the police in respect of breaches alleged to have been…

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Freemasons Hotel the Rebuilding Order Extension of Time Granted

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 4

At the Grafton Courthouse yesterday Mr. Le Brun Brown, member of the Licensing Reduction Board, dealt with the application of Robert Henry Carro[?] for…

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A Booth License

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 4

In the Grafton Licensing Court yesterday Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., granted an application by Thomas William Henry West for a booth license for the [?]marra…

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Vagrant in Select Hotel. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 5

Ramsay Murray, aged 55, a carpenter, was before the City Court to-day on a charge of vagrancy. He was arrested at a select hotel, where he was staying as a…

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Hotel Trading Hours. Saturday Closing Wanted in Adelaide. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 7

A large deputation from the South Australian Alliance urged the Premier, Mr. Gunn, to introduce a Bill for the closing of liquor bars on Saturday afternoons…

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Charge Against Hotelkeeper Wife Declines to Give Evidence Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Alfred Henry Reid, licensee of the Carrington Hotel, Surry Hills, was charged with having fired at Thurza Reid, his wife,…

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Hotels to Close. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 5

Among 34 hotels which have been ordered by the Licensing Reduction Board to close is the Londonderry, at Collingwood, conducted by Terence Callaghan, who was…

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Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 4

In the Grafton Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. J. E. MeCulloch, P.M., granted ten application for the transfer of a wine and spirit merchant's licence from. J. T…

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Hotelkeeper's Death Albury Shooting Case. Albury

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 5

James [?], hotel licensee, was out shooting with two companions yesterday when one of the latter heard the report of a gun and saw Mitchell fall to the…

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Temperance Hotel to Be Built in Brisbane. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 August 1925 · page 5

It was reported at the annual meeting of the Queensland Prohibition League that plans had been adopted for a seven story Temperance Hotel With 255 bedrooms at…

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Hotel Accommodation Special Inspectors' Report. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 4

Reports furnished to the Minister for Justice by two special liquor inspectors show that over 95 per cent of the hotels visited by them were deficient in the…

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Hotel Appeal Case Bar and Private Room. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 5

At Cowra Police Court recently Catherine Addison, licensee of the Railway Hotel, was fined £5 for having allegedly permitted liquor to be consumed at the…

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No More State Hotels. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 August 1925 · page 4

A number of requests have been made to the Government for the establishment of State hotels in country districts, but it appears that the Cabinet has decided…

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New Hotel at Lismore

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 6

On Monday a new hotel at Lismore, the Winsome Hotel, was open to the public for the first time. Mr. F. G. Rudder, of the old Winsome Hotel, Tuncester, is the…

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Motor Driver's Appeal F[?]ne Increased and License Cancelled. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 5

In dismissing the appeal of Percy Thorne against his conviction and fine of £5 for driving a motor car while under the influence of liquor, Judge Edwards…

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Englert and Logan Licensed Plumbers. Luckey and Unlucky

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1925 · page 6

At the last Glen Innes Starr-Bowkett ballot, the member who was lucky enough to draw the lucky ma[?]ble was unlucky in the final analysis, when it was found that…

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Drove Car While Drunk Fined £10 and Lost His License. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1925 · page 5

At Burwood court to-day Alderman Foxcroft was fined £10 and his license was suspended for four months for having driven a car While under the influence of…

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