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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

180 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 9

£25,000 Big Temora Fire Whole Block Destroyed Twelve Shops and Two Hotels. Temora

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred at Temora early this morning. Twelve chops and two hotels were destroyed. The damage is estimated at £23,000…

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Armed Thieves Attack Perth Hotelkeeper About £200 Stolen. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 5

A sensation was caused in' Perth last night when the licensee, Samuel Tames Day kin, of the now Imperial Hotel at Wellington, street was…

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Local and General Hotels Closed on

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1931 · page 4

Hotels in the Clarence River district will, in accordance with the provisions of the Liquor Act, be closed on Saturday (Election Day) after 8 .a.m. Licensed…

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Drunk on Licensed Premises

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 4

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning Francis Patrick Moroney, 26, was fined 5, in default 24 hours, for drunkenness. He was further convicted…

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Local and General Robbery at Hotel

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 4

During the temporary absence of the licensee from the Federal Hotel, Casino, about 11.30 on Wednesday night, thieves extracted a sum of between £40 and £50,…

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Local and General Failure to Return Driver's License

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 4

For having failed to return his motor driver's license within three days after its expiration George Cooper was, at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, fined 5,…

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N. York Murder Madman at Hotel Dead Woman's Brother. New York

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 5

The murder of Mrs. Gordon continues to increase interest, due to the expanding series of sensational developments connected therewith…

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Man's Death Tragedy At Hotel Story in Court Allegations Against Woman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 March 1931 · page 5

An inquest concerning the death on Samuel Newlands, at Parramatta, was resumed to-day. Dr. Alexander stated that a glass found…

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Hopped Off Nobody Knows Where N.Z. Pilot Pimpernel Baggage at Hotel. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 March 1931 · page 5

The New Zealand airman, Andrew Moffat, is mystifying London aviation circles. He informed the Australian Press Association on Friday that he…

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Take It!' Hour's Liquor License Extension No Good for Cricketers. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 March 1931 · page 5

Lady Astor's recent speech in the House, of Commons must have been uppermost in the mind of a Bournemouth Magistrate, when the secretary of the…

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Jetty Robberies. Beach House and Pier Hotels. Young Man Gets 18 MONTHS

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 3

Charged with breaking and entering and stealing from the Beach House Hotels, Coffs Jetty, on November 23 last, Stanley Frederick Sutton,…

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Hotel Employees Application for Federal Award Abolition. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 5

On behalf of hotelkeepers, Mr. S. Lewis asked the Arbitration Court to-day to terminate the Hotel Employees' Award in New South Wales, Victoria and…

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Betting Bill N.Z. Bookmakers to Be Licensed. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 2

A Bill has been introduced in the New Zealand Parliament to license bookmakers. It is proposed to fix the annual [?]ee at £200, and it is expected to produce…

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Hotel License Transferred

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 4

The Licensing Magistrate, Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., at the Licensing Court Grafton, yesterday morning, approved of the transfer of license of the Post Office…

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Two Charges Fail Solicitor's Series of Objections Question of Hotel Board

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 3

William J. Cheers, described as a woodcutter, appeared in the Casino Police Court, on Tuesday morning, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., on a charge of…

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Strike of Hotel Employees. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 5

The hotel employees struck to-day as a protest against the reduction in their pay. Their places were filled by the licensees and their wives and families…

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£30 a Week Bankrupt's Hotel Bill. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 5

Giving evidence during his public examination, before the Registrar in Bankruptcy to-day, Robert Lee, of the firm of Hincheliffe, Holt and Co., estimated…

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Constable Attacked Hotel Brawl at Five Dock. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 5

Called by the licensee to stop a brawl in the bar of a hotel at Five Dock yesterday afternoon Constable Hokan was attacked by ten men. He was hurled to the…

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Another Burglary. At Fitzroy Hotel

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 2

A burglar entered the bar of the Fitzroy Hotel some time during last night through a front window, but did not make much of a haul. There are…

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Game of Cards Great Northern Hotel Case Appeal Against Conviction

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 2

An January 19, in the Grafton Police Court, a conviction, with fine of £3, was recorded against Leo Grafton Zietsch, licensee of the Great Northern Hotel,…

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