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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1951

144 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 8

Woman Gets Hotel Licence

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

In the Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. E. Forrest, S M., the transfer was granted of the Mulga Hill Hotel to Janet Mary…

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Burned To Death In Hotel Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 1

Sydney [?] —A 37-year-old father [?] was burned to [?] early [?] He was John…

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Mulga Hill Hotel Transferred

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 3

On Tuesday Mr. E. J. Forrest, licensing magistrate, granted a transfer of the licence of the Mulga Hill Hotel to Gladys Mary Virgo, who deposed that…

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High Building Costs Limit Hotel Provision

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 1

Sydney, March 28. — Because of the high cost of building, the Licence Reduction Board is prepared to consider partial reconstructions white full…

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Hotel Handed Back

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 3

Vienna, No action by an occupation Power has aroused so much, or so favorable, comment in recent times as the British decision to restore the Sacher Hotel to its Austrian owners last week. This is not so much because…

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Transfer of hotel licence

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 6

In the Licensing Court before Mr. E. J. Forrest, S.M., yesterday, Percival John Hunter applied for the transfer of the licence of the Wilcannia Club…

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Transfer of Wilcannia Hotel Licence

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 3

Mr. E. J. Forrest, S.M., yesterday officially granted an application for transfer of the licence of the Wilcannia Club lintel from Joseph Uhl to Percival…

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Spirits Stolen From Hotel

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 3

Sydney. — A quantity of expensive spirits was taken from the Doncaster Hotel by thieves early today. It is believed that the…

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Hotel Kosciusko Destroyed By Fire Guests Escape In Night Attire

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 1

Sydney, April 18.—More than 100 guests and 92 staff members [?] to safety in night attire when lire gutted the wooden two storey Hotel…

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New Hotel Planned

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 1

Sydney.—Officers of the Department of Immigration and Tourist Activities will go to Kosciusko next week to select a site for a…

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£250,000 Hotel

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 9

Sydney.—It will cost about £250,000 to build a hotel similar to the Hotel Kosciusko, says the Tourist Bureau. Damage by the…

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Hotel fire big blow to N.S.W. skiers

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 4

The destruction by fire early today of Hotel Kosciusko means that at least one-third of the NSW skiers who hoped to visit their State's snowfields this winter will have to ski in Victoria or stay at home…

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Melbourne has 'lovely food, dreadful hotels'

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 5

Melbourne Melbourne is "a mixture of dreadful hotels, ghastly plumbing delightful restaurants, lovely, food, find smart women." So says Canadian woman writer Miss Evelyn Caldwell,…

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Hotel Worker for Trial

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 3

Hobart.—A hotel employee was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of having falsely declared…

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Glucose Manufacturer Licensed To Brew Beer

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 5

Sydney, April 30.—A Brookvale [?] manufacturer was today granted a [?]care to brew beer by the Full B[?] of the Licensing Court. Last…

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Hotel Club Gathering

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 5

The Duke of Cornwall Sporting and Social Club held its annual picnic at Penrose Park on Sund[?]…

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Unserved Meal in Hotel Cost £10'8'

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 5

Taree—For refusing a meal to a customer he thought was unsuitably dressed, Mr. James R. Tolano, licensee of the Fotheringham Hotel, Taree, had to pay £10/8/-…

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Ultimatum To Hotels

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 5

The Barrier Industrial Council has decided to inform the United Licensed Victuallers' Association that the council will not tolerate…

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Grand Hotel Is Sold to Locals

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

In the biggest real estate deal in Broken Hill for many years, arrangements have been finalised by a local syndicate for the purchase of the freehold and licence of the Grand Hotel…

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Hotel Transfer

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 3

Application has been made for the transfer of the licence of the Federal Palace Hotel, from Walter Glanaford Sutherland to…

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