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Mid North Coast · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1923

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Changes in Licensing Bench

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 2

Drastic changes in the constitution of the Licensing Bench are contemplated by Mr. Ley (Minister for Justice). The system of honorary…

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New Hotelkeeper

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 September 1923 · page 2

Yesterday morning the license of the Pelican Island Hotel, Jerseyville. was transferred from Mr. E. P. Whelan to Mr. H. H. Bailey. The new proprietor…

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Hotel Robbery

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 4

Between 11 on Saturday night and early Sunday morning week a robbery was committed at the Victoria Hotel, Nambucca Heads. Some persons, at…

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Licensing Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 4

In the Licensing Court on Wednesday, before Mr. F. F. Potts, P.M., the transfer was granted of the license of the Great Northern Hotel from Mrs…

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Responsibility of Hotelkeepers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 4

"THERE is a serious tendency by hotelkeepers to do away with the single room, and a lodger has to go into a room with a stranger. If hotelkeepers cram people…

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Hotel Robbery. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 3

The "Cross Keys" Hotel at Newcastle was broken into last night and £250 stolon from the till…

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Licensing Court

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 4

Before the Licensing Bonch, composed of Messrs. P. J. O'Neill and E. P. Noonan, Mr. Robert Roberts, of Tattersall's Hotel, Kempsey, made…

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Hotel Safe Blown Open

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1923 · page 4

EARLY on Monday morning burglars entered the Captain Cook Hotel, near Moore Park, Sydney, and after blowing open the safe decamped with £150 in notes and…

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Licensing Court

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 4

Before Messrs. E. P. Noonan and P. J. O'Neill, Wednesday last, Mr Robert Roberts, of Tattersallg Hotel, Kempsey, was…

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Current Topics Auctio[?]ors' Licenses

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 2

Auct[?]neers are reminded that licenses expire on the 4th Tuesday in November, 27th, prox. Applications must be lodged by the 1st Tuesday,…

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Aldermanic License

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 October 1923 · page 4

The relations between the Mayor and some of the aldermen at Moreo have been strained for some months, and the Mayor has had occasion to call on the…

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Hotel Repairs. Defiance of Orders. Grafton Court's Edict

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 October 1923 · page 4

ON the subject of hotel repairs and the defiance which some publicans showed to the requirements of the Act, Mr. W. B. Geddes, the licensing…

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Further Riots Last Night Special Police for the Cup. Hotels Close at 2 p.m. To-day. Extension of Strike Feared. Soldiers Guard Gold Reserve. Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 November 1923 · page 3

Melbourne was comparatively quiet yesterday, due to the presence and activity of hundreds of special constables. Trouble, however, occurred…

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Found on Licensed Premises

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 4

John Croad and Edward Hayward were charged with being found on the licensed premises of the Travellers' Rest Hotel, Barraganyatti, during…

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Keeping Hotels Up

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 3

POLICE Magistrate McDougall is keeping hotelkeepers up to "the pin of the collar." At Young the other day, he said septic tanks should be…

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Special Licensing Court. Post Macquarie, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 1923. Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, Deputy Licensing Magistrate (Chairman), and Messrs. F. Hayward and W. A. Spence, J.'sP., members

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 4

In June last a petition, signed by a large majority of the adult residents of Port Macquarie, was presented to the Governor asking that a license be granted to Arthur…

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Motor License. To the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 5

Sir,—With your kind permission, I would like to explain a few remarks uttered by the learned Mr. Inspector Stone at last Council meeting…

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Rural Hotels. Must Be Made Comfortable

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 November 1923 · page 5

Mr. GEDDES, the Licensing Magistrate, has determined that the licensees of hotels shall observe the conditions of notices served on them by the…

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Kempsey Hotel Contract Hellings v. BEATTY

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 November 1923 · page 3

Hearing was commenced in the Equity Court, before Mr. Justice Street, of the suit of John Henry Hellings against John Alexander Beatty, in…

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Motor License Fee. To the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 4

Sir, — With reference to Mr. H. W. Miller's letter in your issue of the 23rd inst, on the subject of payment of license fee for motor vehicle, I beg…

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