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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

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"Tubby" Martin To Take Tibooburra Hotel

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 6

Well-known Mr. "Tubby" Martin who had the Imperial Hotel here for a long time, and who now has a garden at Menindee, will shortly take over the…

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Southern Hotels Football Club

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 4

The adjourned meeting of the Southern Hotels Football Club will be held at 11.30 a.m. today at Brady's Hotel. This club is representative of the four…

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Chinese Charged With Murder At Fitzroy; Brawl Near Hotel

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 7

MELBOURNE. — After Douglas Vivian Alcock, 23, laborer, of Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, had died at St. Vincent's Hospital on Saturday afternoon from a deep knife wound in the abdomen, detectives arrested…

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American Hotel Seeks Our Wines

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 6

NEW YORK, April 9.—The exclusive Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is seeking regular shipments of Australian wines, which will be…

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Owners of Hotel Get Compensation

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY.—The Commonwealth Compensation Board today awarded thc owners of the [?]itz Hotel, Leura, £2,449 for damage…

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Duke Of Windsor In Role Of Fire Fighter In Fashionable Hotel

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, April 16.—The Duke of Windsor early today helped two bellhops to put out a fire with an emergency hose in the exclusive Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The fire broke out about midnight in the 36th floor…

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PREMIER McGIRR and "Tied" Hotels

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY.—The "tied house" system, which controls the majority of hotels in New South Wales, would be examined if the recent…

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Sydney Hotels Will Observe Meatless Friday During Currency Of British Food Emergency

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 1

Sydney, April 23.—All members of the Residential Hotels Association, will observe Friday. May 22 as a meath day in Sydney and meat dishes will not…

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Fell From Taj Mahal Hotel Verdict of Accidental Death

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 4

New Delhi. April 24.—The jury in Bombay returned a unanimous finding of accidental death at the inquest on Clive Alexander Brewster, who fell…

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U.N.O. Documents Recovered Found In Sofia Hotel

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 26 April 1947 · page 1

London, April 25.—The missing suitcase containing documents of the Balkans Investigation Commission has been found in a Sofia Hotel, according…

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Occupation Of Crown Lands Cn Miner's Righi cr License

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 8

THE Mining Registrar at Broken Hill has drawn attention to a proclamation published in the Government Gazette of March 14, 1947, by which all Crown Lands within the boundaries of the towns of Willyama and Alma are now exempted from occupation…

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Meatless Day For Hotels

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 1

Sydney, April 28.—To aid in conserving meat for Britain, all hotels and holiday resorts under Government control, wilt institute a meatless day each…

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Melbourne Jubilation At Strike Settlement; Hotels Serve Free Beer

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 4

MELBOURNE.—Scenes of jubilation, almost rivalling those of V.P.-Day, were witnessed in Melbourne late yesterday afternoon after the announcement that the strike had virtually ended. Many city hotels served…

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Lawful to Take Drink From Hotels to Women in Cars

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Men were entitled to take drinks to women in cars outside of hotels, the Chairman of the Licensing Court (Mr. Scoble, S.M.) said in the Gosford Court yesterday when granting George Massie, a returned soldier, a spirit merchant's licence for…

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Family Hotel Changes Ownership

Western Grazier · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 3

After being in the Bottom family for 34 years, the Family Hotel in the centre of Tibooburra township has changed hands. The new proprietors are, or will be, the Blue Mountains Hotel Proprietary Ltd…

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Demolition Of Hotels Ordered In Bathurst

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 1

Sydney, May 9.—The Licensing Court order to three Bathurst hotelkeepers to demolish their hotels and rebuild with modern premises was in accordance…

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No Prosecution in Hotel Case

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 4

Canberra, May 12.—It is likely that the leading Sydney hotel that recently imp[?]d a service charge on meal costs will not be prosecuted by the Common…

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Globe Hotel Cricket Club

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 May 1947 · page 3

A wind-up social was held on Sunday night in the Bulls hall. There was a large attendance of members and women and children. Dancing, singing and…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 May 1947 · page 8

In the Licensing Court this afternoon, before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, licensing magistrate, approval was given to an application for…

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Management Change at Grand Hotel

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 May 1947 · page 7

After nine years as hotelkeeper in this city, Mr. R. S. Coates, licensee of thc Grand Hotel for the last three years, expects to…

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