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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

180 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 9

Cards at Hotel Great Northern Hotel Case a Variation of Judgment

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 7

The hearing was continued yesterday by his Honor Judge Mocatta, at the Grafton Quarter Sessions, of the appeal by Leo Grafton Zie[?]sch, licensee of the…

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Throat and Arms Gashed Discovery in Hotel Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 2

A man named Carr[?]thers was found last night bleeding from wounds in his throat and left arm in a room which he had booked for the day in…

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Hotel Entered Burglary at Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 4

A burglar entered the Fitzroy Hotel, Coff's Harbor, on Monday night, or early on Tuesday morning, by prizing open a front window in the bar with a crowbar…

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Agricultural Council Annual Meeting Licensed Side-showmen Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 April 1931 · page 2

An important question dealt with by the New South Wales Council of Agricultural Associations at the annual meeting on Friday night was…

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Transfer of Hotel License

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 4

An application by Mrs. J. Mary Simmons for the transfer of the license of the Commercial Hotel. Grafton, from Mrs. Mary Allan (vendor), was granted by…

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Alleged Valueless Cheque Presented to Publican

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 4

Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, Richard William Mowatt, 38, was remanded until Friday on a charge of…

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Golfing Notes. Pier Hotel Cup. Urunga Championship

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 4

That well-known- patron of sport and other activities, Mr. Fred Hart, of the Pier Hotel, has presented Coffs Harbour Golf Club with an excellent…

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Hawker's License

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 3

A hawker's license was grunted to Clement George Carter, and a Sunday trading license to C. J. Baker…

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Alleged Fraud Starting Price License Case Ministers Of the Crown Give Evidence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 4

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Gosling and the Minister for Justice, Mr. Lamaro, were witnesses in a case at the Quarter Sessions to-day, when Edwin Rees, 50,…

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S.P. Licenses Three Men Acquitted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 4

The case in which Edwin Rees, William Ardill and James O'Brien, charged with having attempted to procure £200 from Alfred Pearce, on the…

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Cudgen Headland Hotel

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 April 1931 · page 4

The early provision of an up-to-date hotel at Cudgen Headland will result from the Licensing Court's decision to sanction a transfer of the license of the…

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Broke Into Hotel Cellar

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 7

Two young men, William Iken, 27 years, of West. Melbourne, and John Lewis McAuliffe, 22 years, formerly of New So nth Wales, were each charged at Melbourne…

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HOCKEY. Coffs Association. Rules for Pier Hotel Cup

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 2

This year hockey at Coffs Harbour is to be governed by a men's committee comprising Messrs. Fred Lowery, R. Shanahan and W. Burrell…

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Coffs Golf Club. Pier Hotel Cup

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 4

The following conditions have been drawn up and adopted for competition for the Pier Hotel Cup:—all members of the Coffs Harbour Golf…

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No License

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 4

For having driven a motor vehicle without a license, Allan Thomas Rainsford Starr, 29, was, at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, fined £1, in…

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Publicans and Anzac Day Hotels Open on Saturday Morning. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 5

A prominent official of the Licensed Victuallers' Association expressed regret to-day that some hotelkeepers did not abide by the arrangements entered into…

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HOCKEY. Pier Hotel Cup

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 3

Fixtures have been drawn for the first and second rounds of the Pier Hotel Cup in the locla hockey competition. They are as follow:—…

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Publican Charged Pledge for Liquor Action Fails

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 3

An unusual case was heard in Newcastle Summons Court, on Tuesday, a hotelkeeper being charged with having taken a pledge for liquor…

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HOCKEY. Pier Hotel Cup

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 3

The first matches in the local competition for the Pier Hotel Cup were played on Sunday. Jetty No. 1 and Bluebirds played a scoreless draw at…

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Fewer Hotels in England

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 2

Just over 40 years ago there were 34 public houses to every ten thousand people in England and Wales; last year the number was down to 20 in ten thousand…

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