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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1948

95 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 5

Transfer of Hotel License Refused

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 2

The Full Bench of the Licensing Court, sitting at Taree last week, refused an application for transfer of a hotel license…

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Winning Publican To Have Free Air Trip

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 2

Ansett Airlines has donated a return trip by air from Coff's Harbour to Sydney as the prize to the successful hotelkeeper. in…

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Swab Taken Of Runner In Publicans' Derby

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 September 1948 · page 3

There was a sensation before the barrier was released for the start of the Grafton Publicans' Derby. As a result of information received…

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Community Hotel License for Forster

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 7

The Licensing Court, sitting at Taree, granted a conditional license for the proposed Community Hotel at…

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Pace Clapped On In Publicans' Derby

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 4

As the runners in the Grafton Publicans' Derby passed the seven furlongs post the pace was clapped on in earnest, and independent clockers expressed the…

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Wet Patch Brings Change In Publicans' Derby

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 5

A large patch of slippery turf between the seven and the six furlongs posts caused several runners in the Grafton Popular Publicans' Derby to…

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Protest, Light Weight Likely In Publicans' Derby

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 September 1948 · page 5

Latest reports handed in by stewards acting on the Grafton Publicans' Derby indicate that at least one protest and a probable light weigh-in are expected…

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Minister Favours Community Hotels; Will Help L.G. Bodies

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 September 1948 · page 2

Saying that community hotels would do much in the development of seaside resorts on the North Coast the Minister for…

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Publican's Derby Upset To Field At Half-Mile

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 5

There was a sensational incident as the runners in the Grafton Publican's Derby approached the half--mile post. Apparently, through a pre-arranged…

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Publicans' Derby

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 5

The forward move made by Crown and Roche's passing the half-mile post in the Publicans' Derby was maintained as the field approached the turn into…

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Publicans' Derby Bunched Field Enters Straight

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 September 1948 · page 5

The field in the Grafton Publicans Derby stretched across the course as the runners swung into the top of the straight for the run of more than tw[?]…

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Found On Licensed Premises

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1948 · page 5

Grafton Court of Petty Sessions was crowded yesterday when a long queue of defendants appeared to plead guilty…

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Publicans' Derby Field In Straight

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1948 · page 4

Post Office (C. Blackadder), shot away from the rest of the field as the runners in the Grafton Publicans' Derby straightened up at the top of the…

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Police Arrest Hotel Licensee

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 3

BOURKE, Wed.-- Police tonight arrested the licensee of the North Bourke Hotel and charged him with the manslaughter of a…

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Mr. George Weiley Home First In Publicans' Derby

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 2

The winner of the Publicans' Derby at Grafton, which raised £432, was Mr. George Weiley, of Weley's Hotel…

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Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 4

MACLEAN.--In the Licensing Court, Cecil James Sedger, licensee of the Hotel Clarence, Maclean, made application for…

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Popular Publicans' Derby

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 October 1948 · page 5

Grafton hotelkeepers who took part in the Popular Publicans' Derby, conducted by,the Grafton R.S.L. sub-branch in aid of the Grafton Base Hospital Women's Auxiliary, the Grafton District Ambulance Committee and the Grafton Benevolent Home…

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Quick Action Saves Lives When Fire Destroys Hotel

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 3

HILLSTON, Mon.--Quick action by the licensee, Mr. R. Plumb, helped to save several elderly women from death when…

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License For Formosa

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 October 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fri. --Mr. Rav Formosa owner of the unbeaten three- year- old. San Domenico was to-day granted an owner- trainer's licence by the A. J. C…

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Publican Fined

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 5

In the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. E., I. Cocks, S.M., William Harold Green, licensee of the Jacaranda…

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