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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1926

187 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 10

Wireless Licenses. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 5

There are now 109,000 holders of wireless licenses in the Commonwealth. This represents 1.8 of the population…

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Fire at Urunga Hotel and Cottage Destroyed Bucket Brigade Fights for Two Hours

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 2

The Urunga Hotel, an adjoining cottage and a terrace of 12 bedrooms, owned by Gleeson Bros., were, together with the with of the contents,…

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Fire at Urunga Hotel Destroyed. Urunga

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 4

A fire totally destroyed the Ocean view Hotel to-day. There were a large number, of tourists in the building at the time, but they escaped uninjured…

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Maclean Police Court Theft From Hotel Till at Harwood

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 May 1926 · page 2

Before Messrs. A. E. Harrison and L. A. McDonald, J.P. 's, on Tuesday, at Maelean, George David Robsou (Funno), aged 25 years, was charged with stealing at…

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Urunga Fire Hotel Destroyed an Early Morning Outbreak

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 May 1926 · page 4

As briefly reported in our telegraphic news yesterday, the well-known "Ocean View" Hotel, Urunga, consisting of about 30 rooms, was destroyed by fire early. on…

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Local and General Hotel Changes Its Name

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 4

At a sitting of the Casino Licensing Court on Tuesday, the application of W. J. McLennan, to change the name of the Sandilands Hotel, Mallangance, to the…

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The Urunga Blaze. Hotel Block Demolished. Further Details. Extensive Damage Results

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 2

Between 1.30 and 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning, an outb[?]ak o[?] fire was discovered in the cellar of the Ocean View Hotel at Uranga…

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£500 CLAIM Southport Assault Case Publican and Boarder Divorce Action Mentioned. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 5

A story of what one of the counsel for the complainant, described as a gross assault of unexemplified brutality committed on a man asleep and stupified from at…

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New Hotel for Grafton

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 May 1926 · page 4

It will be of interest to the people of Grafton and the Clarence district generally to learn that the Crown Hotel, situated at the front door of the city, so to…

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45 M.P.H. Motor Hits Hotel Passing Pedestrian Killed? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 4

The coroner to-day held an inquiry into the death of Bernard Joseph Hoare, who was killed when a motor car crashed into the wall of an hotel in the city on April 6…

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Publican's Divorce Case From Southport Co-respondent Thrashed. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 5

On the night of March 22 last Martin Connolly, licensee of the Southport Hotel, administered a thrashing to Ernest Englesfield White, otherwise known as…

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Municipal Employees and Hotels

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 4

At the meeting of the Ballina Municipal Council on Wednesday evening, Ald. J. Harris gave notice that he would move at the next meeting as follows: (1) That…

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Licensing Court. a Torrential Downpour

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 4

In the Grafton Licensing Court yesterday morning, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., W. J. Weiley, licensee of the Market Hotel, Prince street, Was The weather at Graf yesterday morning was dull and threatening, and towards midday there was every indication of rain. Shortly before 2.30 p.m. [?]…

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Fierce Fight Country Hotel Sensation "Hold-up" in Dining Room. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 4

Riding his horse into the dining room of the Exchange Hotel at Foster, a man called upon the people to put up their hands. A constable from Melbourne, who…

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Local and General Tabulam Hotel Changes Hands

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 June 1926 · page 4

At a sitting of the Licensing Court at Casino on Tuesday the application of James Jordan to transfer the license of the Tabulam Hotel, Tabulam, to James…

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Hotel Mansions Alleged Wrongful Arrest Plaintiff Non-suited. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 June 1926 · page 5

In the Supreme Court to-day before Mr. Justice James and a jury of four Alexander Joseph Moir sued the Hotel Mansions, Limited, claiming £10,000 damages…

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Annual Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 4

The annual Licensing Court was held at the Grafton Courthouse yesterday, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch. P.M., when the licenses of all the hotels in the Licensing…

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Licensing Court Annual Renewals

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 June 1926 · page 3

At the annual Licensing Court held at the Grafton Courthouse on Monday the following licenses of all hotels in the licensing district of Grafton, were…

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Quarter Sessions Two Acquittals Story of a Mug Outcome of Hotel Row

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 June 1926 · page 1

At the Grafton Quarter Sessions yesterday before his Honor Judge Mocatta, James Henry Thompson, a man about 60 years of age, was charged with a serious…

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Proposed New Hotel Question of Balconies

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 2

Last night the Grafton City Council discussed at some length the question of the kind of balconies to be erected in connection with the new hotel proposed…

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