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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1950

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£8,250 Theft Alleged Money Muting In Sydney Hotel Deal

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 3

Sydney, May 30.—In the Central Police Court it was aliened that half a brick and two tollet rolls were substituted for 11,250 in a cash box in…

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Alleged Theft Of Over £8,000 Hotel Proprietor For Trial

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 3

Sydney, June 4.—A 50 years old hotel proprietor was committed for trial at the Central Court on a charge of stealing £8,250. The man, Frederick…

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£362 Theft In Hotel

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 1

Adelaide.—A woman missed £362 worth of jewellery from her handbag at a city hotel today. She was Mrs. Sophie Madeline…

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Hotel Alterations

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 June 1950 · page 5

An application by the South Australian Brewing Co.. Ltd. was made in the Licensing Court, before Mr. E. J. Forrest. S.M. yesterday to make material…

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Explosion Wrecks Hotel

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 1

Melbourne.—A terrific mystery explosion in the heart of Melbourne yesterday wrecked the three-storey Town Hall Hotel, Swanston Street; damaged all shops and premises in a city block and a passing tram; injured 23 people. It was by far the worst…

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Air View Of Hotel Wreck

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 1

WRECK of two floors of the rear of the Town Hall Hall Hotel, Melbourne, after Sunday's explosion, photographed from a height. Part of the rear wall which waa blown Out can be seen in the lower left corner. The two top at oriea of the hotel caved in…

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Orange Hotel Brings £71.850

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 1

Orange.—Freehold of the Royal Hotel property, Orange, has been bought by King Pitt Investment Ltd., of Sydney, tor £71,850…

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Delayed Voting and Hotels

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 6

Sydney. June 20.— Hotels will not close next Saturday in the ureas where toting in the State flections will occur. The Minister of Justice (Mr. Downning…

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Hotels To Open On Polling Day

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 7

Sydney.—The Minister for Justice, Mr. R. Downing, said that hotels in areas where polling would take place next…

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Hotel Transfer

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 10

In the Licensing Court today Ord Ronald Friebe, of the Union Club Hotel, applied for a transfer of his publican's licence to James…

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£250,000 Luzury Hotel Opened At Hayman Island

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 July 1950 · page 5

Brisbane.—Australia's greatest luxury resort, the £250,000 Royal Hayman Hotel on Hayman Island, was officially opened on Monday afternoon by the Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden)…

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Hotel Transfer

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 12

In the Licencing Court today Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M., granted an application for transfer of the licence ot the Globe Hotel from…

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Fire Destroys Hotel

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 5

Swan Hill.—The hotel at Tooleybuc was burnt to the ground. Damage is estimated at £12,000 to £15,000. All the occupants managed to…

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Alteration to the Commercial Hotel

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 6

In the Licensing Court yesterday Mr. E. J. Forrest, S.M., granted an application to the South Australian Brewing Co. to carry out material alterations to…

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Hotel Renovation

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 5

In the Licensing Court yesterday Mr. E. J. Forrest. S.M., approved an application for material renovations to the Commercial…

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Grand Hotel Kerbing

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 July 1950 · page 6

Kerbing at the Grand Hotel, corner, which has been a source of complaint for some time, especially by elderly people, is…

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Canberra Liquor Law Revision Barmaids For Hotels

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 1

Canberra, July 19.—The Minister for the Interior (Mr. McBride) announced today the lifting of the 21 years old ban on the employment of barmaids in…

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License Change Objections

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 8

A sitting of the Licensing Court will be held at the courthouse tomorrow to hear objections to the removal of two wine licences…

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New Licensing Chairman

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 1

At the opening of the Full Licensing Court today Mr. M. Austen Brown, on behalf of the legal profession, congratulated Mr. V. H…

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Turned Out Of Hotel

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 3

London, July 26.—Mrs. Ruth Khama, British wife of Seretse Khama, chief of the Bamangwato tribe, was turned out of a British…

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