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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

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Hotel Tragedy Evidence at Inquest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 5

The inquest concerning the death of Eric Gordon Carlson, 50, whose body was found at the rear of a hotel at Redfern on February 8. was opened by…

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Tin Hare Licenses

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 2

The Chief Secretaries' Department, in response to Coffs District Hospital Board's inquiry as to whether there is any likelihood of a license…

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Kicked to Death Man's Body At Hotel Inquest Opened. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 5

Timothy Ryan, 44, laborer, who has been charged with murder, was present in custody to -day at the inquest into…

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Hotel Jacaranda "Willow Tree" Has Name Changed New Owner of Hotel

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 6

No longer will Grafton have its "Willow Tree" Hotel. The name has been changed to Hotel Jacaranda by the new licensee, Mr. F. E. Herbert, formerly…

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£250 Stolen Safe Taken From City Hotel. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 2

Carrying a heavy safe from the Coronation Hotel, city, last night, thieves blew it open at Chullora and stole £250…

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Flies Without License. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 5

Sir Hubert Wilkins, the Australian explorer, who has flown thousands of miles around the North and South Polar regions, is not a licensed pilot…

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Hotel Repairs Twenty-five Mentioned

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 2

In the Licensing Court at Grafton yesterday, before the Licensing Magistrate, Mr. A. J. Bryant, application was made by the licensing inspector,…

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Govt. Hotel Deputation To Minister Shortage of Domestics. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 4

The suggestion that the Government should purchase a large hotel in the country, staff it with employees from its domestic training schools and run…

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Shot Dead in Hotel Basement Cold-Blooded Murder Bullet Through Man S Heart Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 5

A daring and cold-blooded murder was carried out in the basement of a hotel opposite Erskine street Police Station, late this afternoon…

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Appeal Against License

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 4

An appeal has been lodged at Lismore against the decision of the Licensing Magistrate of New South Wales in granting a spirit merchant's…

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Export Licenses for Czechs Suspended. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 5

The French Government has suspended indefinitely export licenses for Czecho-Slovakia…

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Taxi License Still In Abeyance South Grafton Application

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 2

For the third time, the South Grafton Municipal Council considered the application of Mr. N. McLennan for a taxi driver's license and again the…

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Drove Without License

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 4

Ronald Rudder pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle at South Grafton without a license on. February 18. Police stated that the license had…

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Bomb Explodes In Victorian Hotel "Man Refused a Drink." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 4

Considerable damage was caused to the roof and bar of St. Andrew's Hotel at Queenstown last night by the explosion of a bomb…

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Counter Lunches Banned in Newcastle Hotels

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 2

Counter lunches have been banned in all hotels in Newcastle. Steaming sausages, chicken, biscuit savories and sometimes turkey sanawiches, which have been free to anyone who has bought a mug pf beer for 6d, have become no more than pleasant…

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OBITUARY Mr. Daniel Murphy Well Known North Coast Publican

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 4

Widespread sympathy with the elderly widow and bereaved relatives was expressed throughout the district yesterday in the death of Mr. Daniel…

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Police Court Liquor From Hotel Cloud's Creek Man Fined £1

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 4

James Francis Rosa, of Cloud's Creek, pleaded guilty in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., to a charge of…

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Toy Pistol Produced In Hotel Youth's Stir at Casino

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 11

Producing what appeared to be a revolver in the bar of the Royal Hotel, Casino, on Tuesday afternoon, a youth provided an exciting few…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

In the Special Licensing Court at Grafton yesterday, the Magistrate (Mr. A. J. Bryant) granted an application for the transfer of the licence of…

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Coff's Hospital Greyhound License "For Good Judgment of Board." Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 2

The matter of a greyhound license for Coff's Harbor was again before the Board of Directors of the Coff's Harbor District Hospital at the last board…

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