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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

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Bus Driver Charged Under Influence of Liquor While Driving Vehicle Fined and License Suspended

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 4

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. R. C. Atkinson,. S.M., Georgo Henry Hutchins (39), on remand, was charged with having driven…

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Slashed with a Razor Man Seriously Injured in the Brisbane Hotel Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 1

[?] [?] [?] a single man, was severely slashed about the throat in the parlor of the Brisbane Hotel on Thursday night. He is now in hospital…

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Anzac Day League and Hotel [?] Agree on [?] Sydney, Saturday

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 1

Arising out of the decision of the State Full Court declaring invalid the pr[?] for the partial closing of hotels on [?] the [?]…

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Slushed with a Razor Man Seriously Injured in the Brisbane Hotel Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 2

Dennis Olsen. (34), a single man, was, severely slashed about the throat in the parlor of the Brisbane Hotel on Thursday night. He [?] in hospital…

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Wireless Licenses One Person in Every 30 Set Down As Holder Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 1

One in every 30 persons in the Commonwealth is the holder of a wireless license…

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Loss of a Motor Car Hotelkeeper's Liability

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 3

Before Mr. Justice Swift and a jury, at the King's Bench Division, London (says the Loudon "Times"), judgment for the plaintiff for £207 10/ was…

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Electrical Work October 1 Fixed As Date. for Licensing Contractors Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 1

From Saturday, October 1, no person who is not a licensed electrical contractor, or a licensed electrician, shall undertake to carry out electrical work,…

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Ban on Hotel Removed Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 1

Following a round table conference and an explanation by the licensee the strikers have lifted the ban they placed on the Grand Central Hotel, Innisfail…

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Mr. M'girr's Hotels Total Reaches 25 Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 4

Mr Greg. M'Girr, a former M.L.A., has purchased the freehold of the Union Hotel at Trundle, 306 miles from Sydney: also an adjoining shop and billiard…

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Man Dies Suddenly at Hotel at Olary

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 1

Frederick J. Floyd (60) died suddenly at Olary yesterday morning. He arrived there by the express that morning from Mount Gambier…

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Brisbane Tragedy Man and Woman Dead in Room at City Hotel Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 August 1927 · page 1

In a room at a city hotel yesterday a married couple, Mr. and Mrs. J. Crisp, who recently returned from Sydney, were found dead in circumstances…

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South Australia a Publican Robbed Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 August 1927 · page 4

Taking advantage of the absence of Percival C. Duncan, a publican, of Littlehampton, an intruder. entered his bedroom at the hotel and…

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Liquor Act Prosecution a Licensee Fined

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 August 1927 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., Thomas Gerald Moore, licensee of the Stephens Creek Hotel, was charged with having…

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Empire Broadcasting British Post Office Grants License to Mr. G.' Marccse (A.p.a. Message.) London, August 10

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 4

The British Post Office authorities to-day issued an official sanction to Mr. Gerald Marcuse to provide an Empire broadcasting service for six…

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Wireless in Hotels Reception Allowed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 2

Mr. A. Lysaght, the Attorney-General, has ruled that news items broadcasted by wireless may be received in public hotel bars…

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Pistol Licenses Act Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 August 1927 · page 1

The Pistol Licenses Act will come into operation on September 1. From that, date all rifles and sporting guns need not be licensed, but all…

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Tin Hare Racing Two Licenses for Sydney Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 August 1927 · page 2

Mr. M. Gosling, the Chief Secretary, stated yesterday that only two mechanical hare coursing clubs will be permitted in Sydney. They are…

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Serious View Is Taken of Innisfail Position Hotels Closed Saturday Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 September 1927 · page 1

The Arbitration Court sitting on Saturday failed to settle the South Johnstone trouble on which the whole railway dispute hinges. The court on…

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Man with Revolved Attacks Hotelkeeper Assailant Arrested T[?]

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 2

Mr. J. S[?]lan, hotelkeeper, has reported to the police that a man called at his hotel and after as argument presented a revolver which he proceed…

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An Expired License Not Returned to Police

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., Robert L. Hepburn pleaded guilty to a charge of having failed to return an…

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