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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

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B. C. A. Hotel Concert

Western Grazier · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 2

A most enjoyable and entertaining concert was rendered last Friday night 31st May, by the children of the B. C. A. Hostel, assisted by local friends…

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Hotel at Chinchilla Is Destroyed by Fire Licensee Is Injured Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 1

The occupants of the Grand Hotel at Chinchilla escaped only with the clothes they wore and one had to slip down a verandah post when the building was…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 2

Inspector Gibson has completed his annual inspection of all hotels and licensed premises in the Broken Hill licensing district. He is preparing his…

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Chairman of Commission Has a Talk with Some Miners Hour Spent Outside Hotel Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 1

Mr. Justice Davidson, chairman of the coal commission, spent over an hour last night talking to 30 or 40 miners outside an hotel at Cessnock. The…

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Woman's Fatal Fall During Fire at Hotel Slipped From Fire Escape Auckland (N.Z.), June 14

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 1

Sadie Lynch, head waitress at an hotel at Cargen, was killed this morning when she fell 30ft. to the concrete basement during an outbreak of…

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Railway Man Found Dead at Port Lincoln Hotel Port Lincoln

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 June 1929 · page 1

Claude Stewart Bain (33), cook at a railway camp, was found dead in bed at the Great Northern Hotel on Saturday. He had a bullet wound in…

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Theft of Jewellery Taken From Hotel Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 June 1929 · page 1

Jewellery valued at between £1500 and £1700 was stolen from Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Nagel, of Charleville, who were guests at Lennon's hotel. The…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 June 1929 · page 2

At the Courthouse to-day. Mr. R. C. Atkinson. S.M., granted all applications for the renewal of hotel, wine and spirits, and Australian wine…

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Hotel Thief's Booty Jewellery Worth £1400 Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 June 1929 · page 4

One of the largest coups brought off by thieves in Brisbane was perpetrated at Lennon's Hotel, George-street, on Saturday. For some days Mr. and Mrs…

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Drinking by Women in Auckland Hotels Australians Amazed Auckland (N.Z.), June 19

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 4

Australian visitors state that they are amazed at the amount of drinking in the lounged of Auckland hotels by women and girls. The condition is…

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Drinking by Women in Auckland Hotels Australians Amazed Auckland (N.Z.), June 19

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 6

Australian visitors state that they are amazed at the amount of drinking in the lounges of Auckland hotels by women and girls. The condition is…

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Judge Robbed of £13 a Publican Sued Casino

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 1

The sequel to the theft of money, the property of Judge Mocatta, at the Hotel Royal on Saturday last is a summons issued by his Honor claiming the…

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Town Employees' Union Dispute with Publican Over Clause in Agreement Employees' Union Decision

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 2

The difference of opinion regarding an interpretation of a clause of the agreement between a member of the Hotelkeepers' Union and the Town…

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New Electrical Act Men on Installations Must Now Be Licensed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 July 1929 · page 1

The Electrical Contractors and Electricians' Licensing Act comes into operation from to-day. It is now unlawful for unlicensed persons…

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Hotel's Responsibility for Stolen Goods an English Judgment

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 July 1929 · page 3

The King's Bench Division (London) recently decided that the proprietors of an hotel were responsible for £2000 worth of jewellery which…

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After-hour Trading in Tasmanian Hotels Legislator's Allegations Hobart

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 2

During a debate in the House of Assembly Mr. Ockerby, a leading temperance advocate, criticised the administration of 6 o'clock closing. He…

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New Hotel for Pooncarie

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 July 1929 · page 2

A new hotel is being built at Pooncarie of concrete bricks, and the work is well under way. All the foundations have been completed. The new…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 2

In the Licensing Court this morning Mr. R. C. Atkinson, licensing magistrate, granted a transfer of the licence of the Sydney Club Hotel from…

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Tasmanian Liquor Law Proposed Licensing Hours From 10 A.M. UNTIL 10 P.M. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

Following the recent discussion in the Assembly concerning administration of the Licensing Act, a bill is to be introduced to provide for the…

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Millions Club Visit Smoke Social Last Night at Freemasons' Hotel

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 1

About 60 persons sat down to the tables at the Freemasons' Hotel last night when citizens entertained the members of the Millions Club at a…

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