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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

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Drunken Lorry Driver Fined £26 at Redfern Must Not Hold License Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 4

A severe sentence was imposed on Charles Higgins, aged 40 years, for having driven a motor lorry while under the influence of liquor and…

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Drunken Lorry Driver Fined £25 at Redfern Must Not Hold License Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 6

A severe sentence was imposed on Charles Higgins, aged 40 years, for having driven a motor lorry while under the influence of liquor and…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 2

In the Licensing Court this morning, before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M.,. David Garland, licensee of the All Nations' Hotel, was granted six…

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Two Applications for Hawkers' Licenses

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

The Hawkers and Pedlars' Act of 1901 lays it down that a person must be a resident in the district in which he applies for a license under the Act…

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Disarmament Guests at Geneva Hotel Make Way for Russians Bundled Out of Rooms (Special to "The Miner.") Geneva, March 13

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 March 1928 · page 4

Many people have been bundled out of their rooms at a Geneva hotel to make way for the Russian Delegation to the Preparatory Disarmament…

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Victorian Hotels 1765 Have Been Delicensed in Last Twenty Years Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 1

Since 1907 the Victorian Licensing Court has delicensed 1765 hotels at a cost in compensation of £1,074,000. There are now only 1842 hotels in…

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Liquor Act Prosecution Licensee Fined £5

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 4

In the Police Court this afternoon, before Mr. R. C. Atkinson S.M., the case was concluded in which Patrick Joseph Concannon, licensee of the…

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Bridgeroom Disappears Left Hotel to Draw Money Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 1

The police are searching for Hunter Loder (46), who disappeared from Petty's Hotel, City, on Saturday. Loder, who is a West Australian, was…

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A Hotel at Darlington Raided by the Police 20 Men Arrested Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 1

Twenty men were arrested by the police following a raid at the White Swan Hotel, Darlington, yesterday, and charged with having been…

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Darwin Hotel Boycott Union Secretary Starts Prohibition Campaign

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 3

There is talk of a settlement of the hotel boycott this week, but nothing definite is known (says a Darwin message in the "Advertiser"). The…

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"Frame-up" Divorces Hotel Bills As Evidence Refused by a Judge (Special to "The Miner.") London, March 19

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 1

"Frame-up" divorces, as Lord Merrivale described them, sustained a shock when he refused to accept a hotel bill as evidence of misconduct and…

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Convicted Motorists Lost Motor Licenses Will Not Be Restored

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Lee, the Minister for Justice, said last week that he wished to make it clear that it was useless for persons who had been deprived of their…

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The Publicans' Trade

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 2

From "K.B." The statement of the magistrate in the Licensing Court on Monday, with reference to publicans losing their legitimate trade by…

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Scaffolding Collapses at a Sydney Hotel Young Man Killed and Eight Men Injured Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 2

A youth was killed and eight men injured when a scaffolding collapsed and fell 120ft. to the street at the Hotel Metropole…

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A Publican's Conviction

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 1

From "Public Servant": I have been waiting in hope that someone else would call attention to what appears to be the surprising action of…

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Septic Tank Wanted for the Grand Hotel Referred to Committee

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 3

At the meeting of the City Council last night an application was presented from Mr. W. H. Relchers for permission to install a septic tank at the…

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City Bus Service Twice Convicted Taxi Men Will Forfeit Licenses Decision of the Council

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 3

The by-laws committee made the following recommendation to the City Council last night:- "That the matter of the…

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Liquor Act Prosecution Caledonian Hotel Case Licensee Fined £5

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 4

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., the case was continued in which John Slattery, licensee of the Caledonian Hotel,…

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Sequel to Hotel Raid Three Persons Charged with Theft at Ballarat Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 2

Following a raid by detectives on Thursday nignt, when £3000 worth of goods was recovered at a Port Melbourne hotel, Alfred Ernest Robinson…

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Sequel to Hotel Raid Three Persons Charged with Theft at Ballarat Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 4

Following a raid by detectives on Thursday night, wben £3000 worth of goods was recovered at a Port Melbourne hotel, Alfred Ernest Robinson…

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