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

Hotels & licensing, 1953

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Licensee Fined For Refusing To Serve Meals

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 5

On a charge of having failed to provide meals for a traveller, a woman hotelkeeper at West Wyalong was fined £20…

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Imperial Hotel Transfer

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1

In Goulburn Licensing Court yesterday an application was made for the transfer of the licence of the Imperial Hotel…

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Hotels to Close

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1

Al hotels in N.S.W. will be closed for the sale of liquor next Saturday, the day of the Senate election, a…

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Jewellers' Shop Burgled At Young Safe Taken; Total Loss Estimated At £3000 A jewellery shop, owned by Mr. Len McDonald in Boorowa Street, Young, near the Royal Hotel, was burgled on Tuesday night last and watches, jewellery and money, of a total estimated value of £3000, were stolen

Boorowa News · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

The most valuable articles were in a locked Hercules safe, which the burglars took away with them. The…

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Fire Behind Hotel

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 1

Goulburn Fire Brigade was called out at 2.20 p.m. on Saturday to a rubbish fire at the rear of the Mulwaree Hotel. The fire…

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Police Check on Hotels

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 1

Police officers from Goulburn, under the direction of Inspector Freeman, paid a surprise visit to…

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Former Hotel Licensee Fined Permitted Waste Water To Flow Into Street

Boorowa News · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 1

A former hotel licensee of the Royal Standard Hotel at Boornwa, who allowed waste water to be discharged from…

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Hotels Must Disobey Local Council a New Light On The Verandah Post Controversy

Boorowa News · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 4

The following par., taken from the "S.M. Herald," will mest certainly prove of in-terest' to Boorowa Shire…

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Vandals Run Beserk at Cootamundra Hotel Cellar Flooded

Boorowa News · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 2

Vandals with a very warped sense of humour caused heavy damage last week when they went mad at Cootamundra…

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Transfer of Breadalbane Hotel Licence Granted Police Objection

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 3

Although police objected, Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., in Goulburn Licensing Court, yesterday granted an application by Stanley Gordon Wigney for the transfer of the licence of the Royal Hotel, Breadalbane, to Charles William Beecham, recently of Wollongong…

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May Spastic Centre "Derby" Win For Central Hotel

Boorowa News · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 1

The Central Hotel won the Spastic Centre "Derby" for the month of May, when a sum of £5/16/6 was…

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Licensing Court Over-rules Council Edict

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 1

Two cases of considerable local interest were heard, by the N.S.W. Licensing Court recently and in both…

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Theft Of £500 From Local Hotel Foyer

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 1

A suitcase containing goods valued at £500 was stolen from the foyer of the Royal Hotel, Auburn Street, yesterday. John Francis Iv[?]mey,…

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Drove Car For 14 Years Without A License

Boorowa News · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 1

A man who had driven a vehicle since 1939 stated he thought returned servicemen did not require a driver's…

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Eight Dishes In Victorian Hotels Counter Lunches

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 June 1953 · page 2

Inflation has caught up with counter launches in Melbourne Prices have increased by up to 200 per cent. in the past three…

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Valueless Cheques Cashed by Local Hotelkeepers

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 July 1953 · page 1

Two valueless cheques totalling £150 were cashed by two local hotelkeepers on Sunday last after they had received a telephone call from a person claiming to be a district…

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Accommodation “Hotel Should Be Brought to Proper Standard”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 4

DUE to the acute accommodation position, the Municipal Council will approach the Licensing Board and request something be done to expedite the renovation or rebuilding of one of the four…

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Garbage From Hotels and Cafes To Be Removed Twice Weekly

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 3

A [?]i-weekly service will remove all garbage from hotels and cafes. The health inspector (Mr. I. A…

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Exchange Hotel To Be Modernised £33,000 Remodelling

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 1

Plans to spend over £33,000 on modernising the Exchange Hotel, Goulburn, Were mentioned in the Licensing Court held in the Court House yesterday…

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Beer Garden As Part of Local Hotel Re-modelling

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 1

An attractive beer garden will be among features of the £33,000 remodelling plan for the Exchange Hotel, one of Goulburn's oldest licensed premises. Modernising and re-designing…

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