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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1941

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Petrol Rations for Private Cars Cut By 25 Per Cent. New License Necessary Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 4

The Minister for Supply, Senator McBride, announced to-day that the petrol allowance for private motorists has been cut by…

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Hotel Hours Strict Enforcement In Q'sland Labor Member Gives Reasons. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 5

The reason why the Government had enforced eight o'clock closing of hotels was discussed by Mr. C. G. Jesson, M.L.A., Labor candidate for Kennedy,…

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Bomb Outrage Six Dead, 30 HURT At Istanbul Hotel Attempt to Kill British Minister London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 5

What appears to have been an attempt to assassinate the British Minister to Sofia, Mr. G. W. Rendel, soon after his arrival in Istanbul (Turkey)…

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Fire at Hotel

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

About 4 o'clock one morning last week a couple of rooms on the ground floor of the Pelican Island Hotel, Jerseyville, on the road to South West…

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Snake Recaptured After Three Years Excitement at Weiley' S Hotel

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 4

A large carpet snake, which escaped from a box in the bar of Weiley's Hotel, Grafton, three years ago and has evidently been living in the ceiling…

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Maclean Police Court. Minus Wireless Licenses

The Clarence River Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 4

At Maclean Police Court yesterday, Mr. A. J. Bryant presenting, james Bede Marley appeared on behalf of the P.M.G.'s Department in connection…

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P.m.g.'s Profit Nearly £4 MILLION 130 Wireless Stations 1,212,581 Licensed Listeners Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 4

The operations of all branches of the P.M.G's Department returned a surplus of £3,758,565 last year. Thirty national broadcasting…

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Liquor Act Found On Licensed Premises Conviction Not Recorded Against Licensee

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 2

In the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. before Mr. R. M. Stewart P.M. Ernest Middleton, licensee o[?] the Grafton Hotel, Grafton, was charged…

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The Regatta Form Guide for Publican's Cup

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 3

There is still some doubt as to which crew will start favorite in this race, but it is rumored that there will be a big com placed on the Post Office Hotel…

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Early Morning Incident At A Maclean Hotel Aboriginal Committed for Trial

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 April 1941 · page 6

At the Maclean Police Court on Saturday morning before Messrs L. A. Macdonald and J. J. Gray, Js.P. George James, an aboriginal, aged…

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Fined £30 Selling Liquor Without a License

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 2

Before Messrs. N. L. Hobbs and E. J. Andrew, J's.P., Jesse Roberts, fireman, aged 54, was charged that not being the agent or servant of the…

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Local and General Repairs to Hotels

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 4

The Licensing Inspector (Sergt. E. G. Druitt) informed the Magistrate (Mr. R. M. Stewart) in the Quarterly Licensing Court at Grafton yesterday…

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Booth Licenses

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 4

The Grafton Licensing Court has granted Mr. W. J. Weiley, of Weiley's Hotel, Grafton, permission to conduct the publican's booth at to-day's…

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Sent to Cowra Big Police Reinforcement Soldiers in Hotels. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 4

Following alleged trouble in indu[?] soldiers to leave hotels at the la[?] closing time, police from Sydney 50 from country stations have…

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Grafton Hotel License Transferred

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 4

In the Grafton Licensing Court before Mr. R. M. Stewart, Licensing Magistrate, Ernest Middleton, licensee of the Grafton Hotel, applied for the…

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Aboriginal Sentenced Entered Hotel at Maclean. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 1

George James (26), a full-blooded aboriginal, of Maclean, pleaded guilty at the Lismore Quarter Sessions today to a charge of having been found…

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Local and General Publican's Booth License Granted

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 4

Before Mr. R. M. Stewart, Licensing Magistrate, in the Grafton Licensing Court yesterday, Mrs. T. G. Roche. of the Grafton Post Office Hotel, applied…

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MACLEAN Court of Petty Sessions Found on Licensed Premises

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 8

At the Maclean Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, before Mr. R. M. Stewart, Police Magistrate, John Pritchard, George Clarence Want…

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12 FINED Raid On Freemasons' Hotel One Defendant Discharged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 3

For being found in the bar of the Freemasons' Hotel, Grafton, after hours on May 4, twelve men were lined 10 and 8 costs of court, in default 48…

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Hotel License Transferred

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 4

The Licensing Magistrate (Mr. R. M. Stewart) in the Grafton Licensing Court, yesterday granted an application of Ernest Middleton. former licensee of the…

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