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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

238 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 12

On Licensed Premises

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 4

W. Rentz, on licensed premises during prohibited hours. Fined £1, 8/- , costs. S. Evans, similarly charged. Fined…

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£20,000 HOTEL For Parkes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 2

An hotel costing £20,000, is to be built at Parkes, and a petition, signed by 1700 residents already, is going the rounds in favour of its…

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On Licensed Premises. Charge Against Licensee Withdrawn

Cowra Free Press · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 5

William H. Hair was charged with being the owner of licensed premises on which, on January 27th, a man named William Tindall was…

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No Licenses. Street Hawkers. Council Decision

Western Champion · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 9

Sellers of fruit or vegetables who pull up their carts to conduct business will receive no license or no quarter from the…

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Sensation. at Forbes Hotel. Ends with Joke

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 2

A sensational though humorous episode occurred at the Commercial Hotel, Forbes, recently, when the residents in the house were awakened…

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Endorsing a Motorist's License

Western Champion · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 3
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The N.R.M.A. is inquiring into a complaint by a member that his license was recently endorsed by a policy constable without any…

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Fun at the Royal Fight in Hotel Bar

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 4

An Impromptu bout staged in the bar of the Royal Hotel at about 5.30 p.m. delighted the thirsty patrons who happened to be present at the time…

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Licensing Reduction Court To-day's Sitting Hotel Improvements

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 6

The Licensing Reduction Court sat at Forbes this morning, Mr. W. S. A[?]nott presiding. When the police explained that the…

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To Be Leased Canberra Hotels

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 10

At the meeting of the Federal Capital Commission, a motion of Dr. Watson that the concession rates at the hotel should be eliminated was…

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Hotel Thief Sentenced Recognised As the Man in the Bedroom

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 4

A man named John Allen appeared before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.M., at the Cowra Police Court on Wednesday, charged with having stolen the…

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No License and Negligent Driving

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 4

John Patrick Delaney was charged with having driven a car without a driver’s license and also with driving in a negligent manner…

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Unrenewed Licenses

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 1

At the Cowra Polce Court on Wednesday, before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P. M. Geo. T. Elliott and Hugh R. Morrison were each fined 5/, and 8/…

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Hotel Sewerage Septic Tanks. Court Evidence

Western Champion · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 8

Small septic tanks must be installed by most of the hotels of Parkes witthin the next nine months, according to an order made by the…

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Licensing Court

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 4

At the sitting of the Forbes Licensing Court yesterday, the license of Tattersall's Hotel was transferred from Mary Gertrude Leader to Percy…

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Miscellaneous Wore Gold Buttons on Her Riding Habit. First Woman Publican and Racehorse Trainer

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 1

When Mrs. Ann Sells, of Auburn, who had reached her 100th milestone, died recently, there passed away one of the earliest residents of Lambing…

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Great Eastern Hotel

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 1

The above photo shows "The Great Eastern Hotel," Forbes, kept by Edmund Bray, as it appeared in the "sixties." At this hotel the troopers and gold escort used to put up. Gardiner's and Hall's gangs were operating at the time. The Union Bank premises are now on the site, at…

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Sell Hotel Licenses Novel Proposal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 11

The "Area News" (Griffith), is up against the present liquor licensing system. It writes with regard to the application that will be dealt with at…

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Hotel Transfer

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1929 · page 4

The application for the transfer of the license of the Post Office Hotel from Mrs. Mary Jane Kelly to Mr. Gregory Joseph Slattery, was granted…

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The Hotel King

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1929 · page 4

Mr. Greg. McGirr has purchased the freehold of the Royal Hotel, Cowra. This it is stated, makes Mr. McGirr's 36th purchase of hotel property…

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