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Mid North Coast · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

79 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 4

Permitting Persons on Licensed Premises

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 4

Frederick Ambrose Riddett was charged with having permitted persons on the licensed premises of Fotheringham's Hotel. There were…

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Licensing Court. Taree, Monday, January 16. (Before Mr. R. Soiling, P.M.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 1

The license of the Royal Hotel, Taree, was transferred from Thomas F. Hudson to Roy Dewar McGregor. Messrs. L. O. Martin and Sons…

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Wauchope Blaze. Hotel and Billiards Saloon Gutted. Escapes in Night Attire

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 3

About 3 o'clock on Saturday morning fire completely gutted the Star Hotel, Wauchope, owned by Mr. A. G. Byrnes and Mr. I. Atkinson's billiards…

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Coastal Fires. Kew Hotel Blaze

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 2

Five outbreaks of fire were discovered at Kew, near Kendall, on Saturday, 6th instant, and they are believed to have been the work of an incendiary…

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Wauchope Blaze Hotel and Billiards Saloon Gutted. Escapes in Night Attire

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 4

About three o'clock on Saturday morning last fire completely gutted the Star Hotel, Wauchope, owned by Mr. A. G. Byrnes and Mr…

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Permitting Persons on Licensed Premises

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 5

Frederick Ambrose Riddett was charged with having permitted persons on the licensed premises of Fotheringham's Hotel. There were…

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Licensing Court. Taree, Monday, January 15. (Before Mr. R. Soiling, P.M.)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 2

The license of the Royal Hotel, Taree, was transferred from Thomas F. Hudson to, Roy Dewar McGregor. Messrs. L. O. Martin and Sons…

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Taxi License Talk

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 2

From Department of Transport, asking if the Council was of opinion that the taxi requirements of the town were adequately served without L…

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Taxi Licenses. Discussed by Aldermen. Transport Board Is Filching Powers From Local Government Bodies, Says Ald. Lane

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 February 1940 · page 4

The matter of taxi-cab licenses was again before Kempsey Municipal Council on Monday night and caused a good deal of discussion…

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Expired Motor License

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 3

Lloyd H. Johnston pleaded guilty to failure to return an expired license, and was fined 2, with 56 costs, in default two days'…

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Alleged Insulting Words. Hotel Manager Sues Police Sergeant Case Dismissed

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 1

At the Gloucester Police Court this week, the adjourned case of A. H. Shears, Hotel Manager, v. W. P. Hughes, Sergeant of Police, for alleged…

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Hotel Fast, Jerusalem

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 2

Men of the A.I.F. Light Horse, when they read that an hotel in Jerusalem will be converted into a club to accommodate leave parties of 50…

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War News Comments Hotel Fast, Jerusalem Allenby's Big Bluff

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 6

Men of the A.I.F. Light Horse, when they read that an hotel in Jerusalem will be converted into a club to accommodate leave parties of 50 men from…

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Greenhill Hotel Destroyed. Fierce Blaze Early This Morning

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 4

About 3 o'clock this morning one of the children of the licensee of the Greenhill Hotel, Mr. W. Burns, commenced to cry. When a member of the…

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Greenhill Fire Hotel Destroyed

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 4

Tuesday morning, about 3 o'clock, Greenhill Hotel was found to be in, flames, and the inmates had a narrow escape from incineration…

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Cow In Hotel Bar

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 4

A rather amusing incident took place yesterday afternoon when a well-known Gladstone farmer entered a Kempsey hotel leading a cow, going…

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Juggler Dies From Asphyxiation. Fire in Hotel Bedroom

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 6

William Clifford, 64. known as "Gazzo, the Great Juggler," who for the past five months has been under engagement to Thorpe McConville's…

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Hotel Burnt

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 4

Early on Tuesday morning the Greenhills Hotel, near Kempsey, was totally destroyed by fire. Mr. W. Burns was the licensee. The…

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Fire Near Kempsey. Greenhill Hotel Destroyed. Occupants Narrowly Escape

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 10

Guests were awakened at three o'clock on Tuesday morning by the crying of one of the children of the, licensee, Mr. A. Barns, of the…

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Hotel Destroyed Following Loud Explosion Fire at Blackheath. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 4

After a loud explosion a fire broke out last night in the Ivanhoe Hotel at Blackheath and destroyed the greater part of the premises. Between 20 and…

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