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Murray · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

190 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 10

“Staggered From Yard of Hotel”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 2

Edward Joseph [?]n[?]on, aged [?], laborer, was charged before Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday with having been on licensed premises…

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Shooting in a Flat Publican Sent For Trial Married Woman’s Death Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 6

William Griffiths was committed for trial at the City Coroner’s Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Evelyn Gabell, aged 17, at…

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Man Found Shot Dead in City Hotel Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 4

The body of Henry George Woods, aged is hairdresser, of Pott’s Point, was found [?] room at the Hotel Australia [?] He had a bullet wound…

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New £10,000 Hotel for Wodonga Soon

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 6

As a result of the transfer of the license of the Half Way Hotel, a new £10,000 hotel will be erected in Wodonga opposite the railway station…

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Items of News Corryong Hotel Licence Transferred

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 2

The licence of the Courthouse ,Hotel. Corryong, has been transferred from Claude Mumford Padger to George Maxwell Hutton…

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History Made; Unmarried Woman to Have Hotel Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 2

A decision without parallel in the history of the Licensing Court in N.S.W. was made to-day when the chairman granted the transfer of a…

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Free Beer Flowed at This Hotel Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 2

Four hundred gallons of beer was given away free by a Flemington hotel-keeper on Saturday. The reason for this gesture by Mr. H. Morris, of the Racecourse Hotel, was that last night his wife, Mrs. Kathleen Morris,…

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14 Bedrooms in Modern New Wodonga Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 6

The Licensing Court in Melbourne yesterday granted its final consent to an application by the owners of the Half-Way Hotel. Wodonga, Mrs. J. A…

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The Central Hotel Changes Hands

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 1

The Central Hotel business has changed hands The lease of the hotel formerly held by Mr G. D. Munro has been acquired by Mr. James Hall, who…

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Cricket Wind-up Colts’ Premiership Dinner Successful Function at the Pastoral Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 2

The official wind-up of the cricket season at Albury took place last night when the Colts’ Club held its premiership dinner at the Pastoral…

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Wakool Hotel Licence Transfer Approved

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 1

Approval of the transfer of the licence of the Wakool Hotel, Wakool, from J. J. Byron to Joseph John Hetherington: was granted by Mr. Beavers,…

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Hotel Transfer Approved From Morago To Finley Road

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 1

Approval for transfer by James Davie of the licence of the Morago Hotel from premises at Morago to new premises to be erected 20 miles…

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Licensee Wins Case. Under English Law

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 May 1940 · page 4

A reserved decision on a case involving the right! of hotelkeepers to eject persons from hotels, was given by Mr. Denton, S.M., at the…

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Terminus Hotel at Wodonga to Be Completely Modernised

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 May 1940 · page 3

Within the next few days work will begin on the Terminus Hotel, Wodonga. [?] and dining room will be brought up to date and extensive…

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Burial of a Walla Hotel Manager His Then Employer Sued Case in Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 2

In 1921 while he was managing the Walla Hotel for his employe, Mr. John Connell, of Wangaratta, Jim G[?] died suddenly. It was…

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Hotelkeeper Killed in Car Smash Bendigo

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 5

Failing to negotiate a curve on the Calder Highway at Ravenswood at 1.30 a.m. to-day, a motor car crashed into a tree at Bullock creek, about nine…

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Ejected From Hotel

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 4

A case of interest to hotel keepers and the public was heard at the Kogarah (Sydney) Police Court by Mr Denton, S.M., where Bert E…

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Daysdale Hotel License Transfer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 5

At the Licensing Court at Corowa last week the transfer of the license of the Exchange Hotel, Daysdale, to Mrs. A. I. E. Bush was granted by…

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Items of News Albury Hotelkeepers to Meet

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 May 1940 · page 2

A special meeting of the hotelkeepers of Albury will be held to-day, when the matter of the increase in cost of whisky will be discussed. All…

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Sale of Leasehold of Empire Hotel

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 1

Mr. Francis Joseph Kenny, of Shepparton has purchased the leasehold of the Empire Hotel, in Wahgunyah, and will take over on Monday, June 3,…

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