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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1944

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

Licensing Court

Western Grazier · Friday 24 November 1944 · page 1

The District Licensing Inspector, Sergeant Buck, this week made application for orders, under Section 40A of the Liquor Act for improvements to…

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Hotelkeepers Warned

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 November 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY.—The Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) today warned that the hotelkeepers who failed to supply meals and accommodation to bona…

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Governor Dewey's Choice of Hotel

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 November 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, November 27.—The Liberal New York weekly "The Nation" this week publishes this item: "Of all the resorts and hotels in…

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Limiting Drinks in Brisbane Hotels

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 December 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE.—No customer will be served with more than two drinks at a time in Brisbane hotels. Publicans will ask customers to stand back…

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Eleven Injured In Hotel Brawl

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 December 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE. — One soldier, four civilians, and six Chinese received hospital attention, and many others suffered minor injuries in a…

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Meals at Country Hotels

Western Grazier · Friday 15 December 1944 · page 4

Mr. Davidson in the Legislative Assembly asked: I ask the Premier whether it is a fact that many hotelkeepers in country towns refuse to supply meals to…

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Hotel Licensee On Murder Charge

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 1

Sydney, December 21.—Nelson Buchanan Grindal, licensee of the Observer Hotel. George Street, north, who was charged with the murder of…

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Louth Gets Its Dusty Deal Rooms Blown From Hotel

Western Grazier · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 3

Louth, on the Darling River, has been or is having, its full share of the destructive duststorms, and a little while ago a cyclonic whirlwind joined issue with the storm to blow completely away the balcony and three big top-storey rooms of the Royal Hotel…

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Hotelkeepers to Be Prosecuted

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 December 1944 · page 7

S[?]NEY.—Already 17 prosecutions has been launched against publicans for not making beer available to the public, and about 15 more are…

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Activities in & Around Wilcannia Is Your Bore Licensed? Disused Provision of Water Act Invoked

Western Grazier · Friday 29 December 1944 · page 1

We think it will come as a shock to many landholders to learn that the sinking of a bore to over 100 feet cannot be legally undertaken in this district without a licence from the Water Commission. However, such is apparently the case…

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Failed To Supply Liquor to Customers; Publicans Charged

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 December 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Eleven publicans, charged with failure to supply liquor to customers, were remanded until January 4 at the Special Federal Court…

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Social Happenings Happy Crowds Dine at Local Hotels; Tasty Xmas Menus

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 December 1944 · page 6

FURTHER sign of the improved conditions, and lifting of many restrictions which distinguished 1944, was that local hotels had no trouble in supplying all the usual popular Christmas dishes, from poultry to Christmas pudding. Although most of the hotels only had a few guests staying over…

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