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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

128 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 7

"Running Wine" In Hotel Rooms

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 3

London. December 31.—French hotels may soon advertise rooms with "running wine."…

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Man Shot Four Times in Parkes Hotel

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 1

Sydney, January 6—A 27 years old man was shot four times while drinking in the bar of a Parkes Hotel today. Jack Wendy, of Alecktown, has been admitted to Parkes Hospital in a serious condition…

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Notes Stolen in Hotel

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 11

Melbourne: A bold thier vaulted the bar of the Exhibition Hotel and grabbed a handful of notes from the…

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Hotel Ban on Cyclist

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 5

Adelaide: Adelaide's leading hotel, the South Australian, now draws the sporting line. Because he is a…

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Hotel Windows Smashed

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 3

Melbourne: Two men Deliberately smashed windows at two hotels at Montague and Port Melbourne, causing…

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Theft at Hotel

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 4

Detectives are investigating a theft of £30 from a guest at the Willyama Hotel…

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Barmaids In Hotels (To the Editor)

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

Sir,—Regarding an advert in your piper about wanted barmaids in a local hotel. I for one (and there are…

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Hotel Hours for the Royal Visit

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 6

Sydney: Many Sydney hotels will serve liquor until 11 p.m. during the Queen's visit next months for the first time in 38 years…

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Hotel Balconies Affected By Council Ban

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 2

Hotel verandahs and balconies overlooking the route the Queen will take on her visit here in March are included in the Council ban prohibiting the use of verandahs,…

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Louts Terrorise Hotel Customers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 3

Pretoria, Wednesday: Hooligans are terrorising people in bars in Pretoria. Several hotel managers do not know what to do to protect their businesses and…

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Visitor Condemns Hotels

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 2

Sydney: A Melbourne architect, who reached Sydney today in the liner Oronsay from America, criticised…

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Refused To Leave Hotel

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 4

In the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, John Jack Kelly was fined £2 for refusing to leave the lounge of…

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Maxwell Has Left Hotel

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 2

Sydney: Mr. Justice Maxwell's Liquor Royal Commission report, which has reached the Governor, will leave open the question whether trading hours should me extended until 10 p.m…

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Later Hotel Hours Recommended Six O'clock Closing Evils Ought Not Be Tolerated

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 1

Sydney, February 22.—The Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) in his report released today recommended later closing of hotels. He said consideration should be given to staggering and later house of closing in the metropolitan area…

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Hotel Hours Referendum?

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 2

Melbourne: A demand for an immediate referendum on hotel trading hours will be made at the next annual…

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Hotel Hours Dr. Evatt Oppeses Later Closing

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 2

Sydney, February 24: The Leader of the Federal Opposition (Dr. Evatt) is opposed to the extension of…

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No Hotel at Timbuktu

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 8

Capetown: Two Capetown journalists have returned home after visiting that most elusive of all…

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Ballarat Beer at 9 Local Hotels

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 3

Beer from Ballarat, Victoria, was on tap at nine of Broken Hill's hotels today for the first time. Hight tons of Ballarat bitter beer arrived yesterday and was delivered to city and suburban hotels…

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Hotel Porter Found Battered to Death

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 6

London, Wed.: The 60-years-old night porter of a hotel in London's South Kensington district, home of the decayed aristocracy, was bound, gagged, and battered to death…

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Cow Cause Of Scare In Hotel

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 4

Wagga: A cow wrecked a hotel bar and chased guests upstairs. It charged from the main…

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