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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1925

199 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 10

The Topar Hotel

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 2

In the Licensing Court this morning, before Mr.G. A. Stevenson, S.M., Ernest Evan Trewren licensee of the Topar Hotel, was granted permission to…

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Murder of a Woman in Hotel at Java Resident of Sydney Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 1

Cable news received early yesterday morning that Mrs. Macfie wife of Mr. H. C. Macfie, of Sydney, had been murdered in her room at an hotel in…

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Details of the Crime. No Clue Yet Found. Hotel Servant Arrested. (Reuter's Message.) Weltevreden, September 22

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 1

Mrs. Mache arrived in Java on sunday, September 13, from Singapore for the purpose of sight-seeing at Batavia, Boitenzorg, and Bandoeng. When at…

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Woman Murdered in a Java Hotel Australian Arrested. (Reuter's Message.) London, September 23

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 1

Reuter's Weltevreden (Java) correspondent reports:— An Australian, who stayed in an hotel adjoining that occupied by Mrs…

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Mysterious Explosion Portton of an Hotel Wrecked in Melbourne Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 4

The police are mystified hy an explosion which destroyed portion of the Stockdale Hotel at the corner of Nicholson and Kay street last night…

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Murder of a Woman in an Hotel at Java Attorney-general Speaks of Detained Australian (Reuter's Message.) Weltevreden (Java), September 24

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 1

In connection with the murder at an hotel at Garoet, Java, of Mrs Macfie, wife of Mr. H. C. Macfie, Consul for Spain in Sydney, the Attorney-General…

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Licensee of an Hotel Given Leave of Absence

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 September 1925 · page 2

In the Licensing Court this morning before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.M. Alfred Richardson licensee of the Willyama Hotel, was granted leave of…

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Publication Suspended of Italian Newspaper License Was Revoked Because of Comments London, September 30

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 1

Reute's Turin (Italy) correspondent reports:— The Turin newspaper "Stampa" has suspended publication in consequence…

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Echo of Graft Gases Delicensing Proposed of Londonderry Hotel Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 3

Terence Callaghan, owner and licensee told the Licensing Court yesterday that he had once refused £30.000 for the Londonderry Hotel,…

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Britain's Wireless Act Private Set Confiscated Because License Not Paid (Reuter's Message.) London, September 30

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 October 1925 · page 2

The first raid on a private house, under the new Wireless Act, has taken place. The police removed a wireless set from a house at…

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Big Jewellery Theft £150,000 Worth Taken From a New York Hotel (Reuter's Message.) New York, October 1

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 October 1925 · page 5

Jewellery valued at £150,000 was stolen from Mrs. James P. Donohue at the'Plaga Hotel on Wednesday night, The Donohues were at the…

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Stephens Creek Hotel Is Raided by Police

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 October 1925 · page 2

A happy party is reported to hare been broken up at the Stephens Creek Hotel yesterday afternoon by the intrusion of Inspector Dimond and…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 October 1925 · page 2

In the Licensing Court this morning before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.M., Arthur Leslie Garrard was granted the transfer of the publican's license in…

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Motor Driver's License Cancelled for 3 Months

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 October 1925 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.M, Thomas Gladstone Hanton (35), was charged with having on October 5 driven a…

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Liquor Case at Cockburn Licensee Convicted (From a Correspondent.)

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 1

At the Cockburn Police Court on Thursday last, before Mr. W. J. Hinde, S.M., John Joseph Fox, license of the Cockburn Hotel, was charged…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 2

In the Licensing Court this morning, before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.M., Leonard James Green, licensee of the Royal Exchange Hotel, was granted…

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Victoria Theft From Hotel Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 October 1925 · page 1

His Majestys Hotel at South Yarra was entered on Saturday night and a quantity of spirits was stolen. The theives are supposed to have secreted…

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Thief Jumps 20 Feet From Hotel Balcony Foils Police Twice Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 October 1925 · page 1

Jumping 20ft. from an hotel balcony and twice escaping from the police by means of his extraordinary agility a well-known criminal provided a…

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Liquor Prosecution Stephens Creek Hotel Case Decision Reserved

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 October 1925 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.M., Thomas Gerald Moore, the licensee of the Exchange Hotel, Stephens Creek,…

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Drivers' Licenses

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 3

In connection with the Automobile Association's representations in regard to sufficient time being allowed for the production of drivers licenses, a reply…

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