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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

114 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 6

Theft Of £450 From Hotel

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 2

TOOWOOMBA, Sun. -- A daring thief escaped with a bag containing £450, from the Newtown Hotel…

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Shot Four Times In Hotel Bar

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A 27-years-old man was shot four times while drinking in the bar of a Parkes Hotel to-day…

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Parkes Hotel Shooting; Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 3

PARKES, Thurs.--A 33-years-old labourer was charged in the Parkes Court of Petty Sessions to-day…

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Two New Taxt Licenses Wanted by Urban Committee

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 1

Two additional taxi lice[?]es for Caffe Harbour are considered necessary by the Urban committes and a recommend…

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Dealer's License

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 6

Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M, yesterday granted an application for the transfer of a secondhand dealer's license…

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Fire Destroys Emerald Hotel

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tues.--A fire early to-day destroyed the Grand Hotel in central Queensland town of…

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Fourth Fire In Hotel

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 7

MUNGINGI, Tues.--A fire which began in the Commercial Hotel, Mungindi, early on Saturday…

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Plans Approved For New £80,000 Hotel

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Thurs.--At Coffs Harbour to-night the Town Planning Committee approved plans…

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Drove Without License

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 5

COFFS HARBOUR.-- Mervyn Lindsay Thompson (46), banana grower of Coffs Harbour, was fined £20…

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Demolition Commenced on New Hotel Site

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

Demolition of the old buildings commenced yesterday on the site of the new hotel in Grafton Street. In addition,…

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Taxi License for Sawtell

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 2

Bellingen Shire Council at its last meeting recommended Mr. R. Dillon, of Sawtell, for the new Sawtell taxi-cab license. There…

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Publican Fined £20 at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 4

VICTOR George Waldon, licensee of the Royal Hotel, South Grafton, was fined £20 by Mr. A. E…

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Heavy Bookings At Casino Hotels

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 3

CASINO.--Many bookings are being made at Casino hotels for Tuesday and Wednesday, February…

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Found on Licensed Premises But Case Dismissed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 5

Mr. A. E. Capp, S. M., at Coffs Harbour Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, dismissed the information laid…

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Migrant Killed in Hotel Lift

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.--A migrant lift driver was dragged nine doors in a goods lift at the Hotel Australia…

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Hotelkeeper Fined At Grafton Appeals To Be Lodged

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 4

William Thomas Robinson, licensee of the Crown Hotel, Grafton, was convicted at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a prosecution under the…

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Girl Mourns In Lonely Hotel Room

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Sonia Winniokes, beautiful German girl friend of bearded adventured John Chesney,…

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Hotel Roof Damaged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 3

Portion of the roof of the new Pacific Hotel at Yamba caved in during the fierce cyclone on Saturday…

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Opposes Later Hotel Hours

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed. -- The Leader of the Federal Opposition, Dr. Evatt, is opposed to the extension of…

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Crown Hotel to Change Hands

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 3

Sale of the Crown Hotel, Grafton, in one pf the biggest New South Wales provincial hotel deals on record, was announced officially last night…

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