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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1943

119 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 6

Fowler's Gap Hotel Premises Being Demolished

Western Grazier · Friday 12 November 1943 · page 3

The old Fowler's Gap Hotel premises have been, or are being demolished. This operation has significance for the Western District. It removes one of…

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Six Months For Hotelkeeper £4 for Bottle of Whisky Sydney, November 15

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 November 1943 · page 4

Lea Bernard Cullen, hotelkeeper of the Criterion Hotel, at the comer of Sussex and Liverpool streets. Sydney, was sentenced to six months' gaol at the…

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Publican Released on Bail Sydney, November 16

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 17 November 1943 · page 1

Leo Bernard Cullen, licensee of the Criterion Hotel, corner of Liverpool and Sussex Streets, has appealed against the sentence imposed at the Central Court…

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Imaginary Guests Cost Hotel £100 SYDNEY, November 22

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 23 November 1943 · page 1

The Hotel Metropole, at the corner of Hent and Young Streets, Sydney, was hard £100 tonight at a special Federal night Court for having charged more…

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Hotel Closing Premier to Inquire Sydney, November 22

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 23 November 1943 · page 4

The [?] Mr. McKell, will call [?] a report regarding the closing of [?] hotels on Saturday afternoons [?] for 6 p.m. He intimated this today…

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Overcharging Hotels Fined £100 SYDNEY, November 24

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 25 November 1943 · page 2

For charging more than the fixed price for meals, two Sydney hotel—Usher's and the Hotel Sydney, were each fined £100 by Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at a…

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Gaol for Hotelkeeper Sydney. November 26

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 27 November 1943 · page 1

On a charge of having sold whisky above the fixed price Lionel Augustine' Demnsey. licensee of the Terminus' Hotel, Pyrmont, was sentenced to one…

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Month For Hotelkeeper SYDNEY. December 2

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 3 December 1943 · page 1

Charles Boxall, licencee of the Frisco Hotel, Dowling Street, East Sydney, was sentenced to a month's Imprisonment at a special Federal Court today on a…

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High Charge For Meals Carlton Hotel Fined £100 SYDNEY, December 7

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 8 December 1943 · page 1

For having supplied a meal service at a charge exceeding the austerity price limit of 4/- per head Carlton Hotel Ltd was today lined £100. The Magistrate…

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Black Market Goodwill in Hotel Sales

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 December 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY.—According to the Minister for Customs (Senator Keane), black market liquor transactions i[?] this State may be shown to exceed…

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Rush For Xmas Meals At Hotels

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 December 1943 · page 3

There has been a rush by local people to book in at the hotels for Christmas dinner. The leading hotels, however, were booked out weeks ago…

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Black Market Liquor Hotel Broker Charged SYDNEY, December 21

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 22 December 1943 · page 1

Douglas Frederick Barwick (35), an hotel broker whom the Crown alleged was "one of the principals or the black marketing racketeers who had been…

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Woman Licensee Loses Hotel Licence

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY.—For selling beer at 3/ a bottle, Edna Violet Reimer, widow, was fined £100 by Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at a special court today. She also lost…

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Six Months For Publican To Stand SYDNEY, December 23

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 1

Holding that fixed liquor prices also applied to illegal sales the State Full Court today discharged a rule nist for the prohibition of proceedings on the…

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Woman Licensee Fined £100 SYDNEY, December 24

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 25 December 1943 · page 4

For having sold beer at 3-a [?] the licensee of the Rose of Den[?] Hotel, Waterico, Edan Violet Retru[?] widow, was fined £100 by Mr. R. At[?]…

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Hotels Crowded for Christmas Dinner

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 December 1943 · page 1

Probably the longest dinners on Christmas Day were those held at the leading hotels where there were heavy bookings of guests. All the…

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Manpower Raids Likely In Hotels

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY.—It was unthinkable that expensively dressed and healthy women could spend hours daily idling in hotel lounges when labor was…

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Hotelkeeper's 6 Months Stand SYDNEY, December 30

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 3

The Quarter Sessions Appeal Court to-day confirmed the six months' gaol sentence and £100 fine imposed on Lac Bernary Cullen, licensee of the Criterion…

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Staff Presentations At The Grand Hotel

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 2

Cook at one hotel for a period of over 15 years is the record of Miss Ruby Austin, who has been cook at the Grand. She is the of dest hand at…

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