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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1948

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Municipal Briefs Public Telephone For North Yass Hotel Fence Blown Over

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 4

The Mayor (Aid. R. Haddon) occupied the chair at the fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council held on Monday night…

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Gunning Police Court Carrying Passengers Without License

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 1

At Gunning Police Court last , week, Mervyn J. Moore, of Goulburn, pleaded guilty to a charge of carrying passengers in a…

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Goulburn Diggers Hold Ball Over 300 Attend Function At Royal Hotel

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 2

Over 300 people were at the Royal Hotel on Friday evening for the Diggers Ball, which was the first to be held in Goulburn since pre-war days. The ball, which proved an…

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Carrying Passengers Without Taxi License

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 4

Walter Ernest Howard, book-keeper, of Denison St., pleaded guilty through his legal advisor, Mr. D. V…

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Hotel Standard

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 8

Licensing Court orders requiring the owners of five hotels in Tamworth district to carry out extensive operations and additions, to improve the…

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Hotel Transfers

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

In Goulburn Court this week, Mr. Hook, S.M., approved the transfer of the Hibernian Hotel licence from Mr. H. L. Brown…

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“I’ll Flatten You to the Floor” Publican’s Alleged Threat To Industrial Inspector “It’s in the Book”—was Only Answer Hotel Employees Gave

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 1

In the Industrial Court last Thursday, a Yass policeman who was acting as a bodyguard, said Charles Hooper, licensee of the Australian Hotel said to an inspector: “I’ll flatten you to the floor.”…

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£25 STOLEN Club House Hotel Till Robbed Attempt to Rob Commercial Hotel

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 August 1948 · page 2

On Friday night, or early Saturday morning, the Club House Hotel was . entered by thieves, and £25 stolen from…

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New License of the Royal Standard Hotel

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 2

The licence of the Royal Standard Hotel in Marsden Street was transferred in tire Boorowa Licencing Court on Wednesday…

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Designs of Hotels Licensing Boards Recommendations

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 30 August 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: There should be a drastic departure from the type of hotel buildings erected in New South Wales…

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Betting in Licensed Premises Working For Principal

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 30 August 1948 · page 1

At the Yass Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday, before Mr. Wm. Finlay, S.M., Peter Henry McCaskill, labourer, 25, was…

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Kenmore Hotel Corner

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 1

A decision to resume a small area of land opposite the old Kenmore Hotel was made by the Mulwaree Shire Council…

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Young Man's Silly Act Refused Drink He Smashed Hotel Window

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 September 1948 · page 4

His refusal to take no for an answer when he was denied liquor at a local hotel, and his method of displaying his disapproval of the licensee's action, resulted in the appearance of Maxwell Robert Gay before Mr. Hook, S.M., in the…

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Taralga District News Budget Footballers Entertained Dinner at Argyle Hotel

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 September 1948 · page 6

On Wednesday evening a large crowd of footballers, supporters and well-wishers gathered at the Argyle Hotel, Taralga, the occasion being the annual North-South dinner…

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Crookwell Hotel

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 1

Mr. Hook, S.M., in Goulburn Court this week, approved the transfer of the licence of the Hotel Crookwell from Mrs…

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Commercial Hotel

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 2

Mr. Geo. Angus has returned Yass to resume management of the Commercial Hotel The license. was transferred back to him in…

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Magistrate Said Constable Was “A Liar When It Suited” Publican Convicted For Industrial Breaches And Obstructing An Inspector

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 1

In the Industrial Magistrate's Court last Thursday, Charles Joseph Hooper, licensee of the Australian hotel, was convicted for failing to produce time and pay sheets, failing to keep time and pay…

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Hotel "Swear Box" Yields £6'16'6 For Hospital

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

Donations to the Goulburn District Hospital last month included £6/16/6 from the Empire Hotel "swear box." Mr. F. Jennings (Secretary) said the box has been full…

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Mysterious Fire at Hillston Big Hotel Destroyed In Early Hours

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 October 1948 · page 4

HILLSTON: A mysterious fire which followed a loud explosion, almost completely destroyed the £35,000 Royal Hotel at HiLton, western New South Wales, just after 3 o'clock this morning…

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Kapok Mattress on Fire In Hotel Bedroom

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 2

At 1.50 a.m. yesterday morning a kapok mattress was found to be on fire in a bedroom at the Commercial Hotel…

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